Vote Scandal Threatens Pena Nieto Support in Mexico Congress
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Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto’s multi-party pact to boost private investment in the oil industry and improve tax collection has been jeopardized by allegations of corruption in the government.
The opposition National Action Party, or PAN, released video tapes that allegedly showed officials arranging to use government social programs to promote the ruling party ahead of local elections in July. As a result, the PAN and the Democratic Revolution Party refused to take part in a banking bill they helped negotiate, forcing the president to delay its presentation today until as late as next month. One PAN lawmaker said the pact among the parties is “in danger.”