Mexico’s AMLO Affirms Power With Legislative Blitz Ahead of Vote
- Government gets key bills passed quickly through congress
- New laws will tighten grip on private fuel market, courts
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Mexico’s president is pushing through a series of interventionist reforms, from the energy industry to labor contracts, in a flurry of rushed legislative votes that will affirm his power ahead of key midterm elections in June.
President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s Morena party just this month passed laws to ban labor outsourcing, give the state more sway over private companies in the nation’s fuel market and secure a sweeping reform of the courts. The government’s party, which controls congress together with allies, is expected to also approve another slate of bills before a legislative recess after Friday.