Battered Mexico Opposition in Disarray as AMLO Pushes for Reform
- Emboldened president seeks judicial overhaul before leaving
- Calamitous election has opposition in tatters as battle looms
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Mexico’s opposition failed to stop Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s Morena party from keeping hold of the presidency and making massive gains in elections earlier this month. Now the battered and tenuous coalition is facing an even steeper challenge: How to prevent him from approving his controversial slate of sweeping constitutional reforms before leaving office.
AMLO, as Mexico’s leader is known, and President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum have signaled plans to use the massive majorities Morena won in Congress to advance a long-sought overhaul of the country’s judiciary as soon as September, when lawmakers will take office.