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Mexico moving toward two-party system
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Edited | Thomas Walker Jul 10, 2006 03:55pm |
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| Category | General |
| Media | Website - Yahoo News |
| News Date | Monday, July 10, 2006 09:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | MEXICO CITY - It may not be clear who won the presidency, but the July 2 election vividly demonstrated that Mexico is shifting toward a two-party system, with parties of the left and right holding the most seats in Congress.
The new battle lines have exposed regional and class differences that haven't been expressed so openly in Mexico in nearly a century, suggesting lawmakers will be increasingly polarized on key issues.
But the emerging order may also make it easier for a ruling party to form a majority; the current three-party system has resulted in congressional gridlock.
"The future of a two-party system benefits Mexico," said Carlos Navarrete, who won a Senate seat for the leftist Democratic Revolution Party. "We will move to a situation like in Spain, where power is sometimes held by a strong center-right government and sometimes by a strong center-left administration." |
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