Ricardo Anaya. (PHOTO: Efecto Espejo)
MEXICO CITY — Mexican opposition leader Ricardo Anaya said on Sunday Dec. 10 he would seek to win the presidency in a left-right alliance after stepping down as head of the conservative National Action Party (PAN), Reuters reported.
Anaya resigned as leader of the PAN on Saturday Dec. 9, a day after his party officially joined forces with the center-left Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) and the Citizens Movement party in the “For Mexico in Front” coalition.
If selected, Anaya will likely take on leftist former Mexico City Mayor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, and former Finance Minister Jose Antonio Meade, who is seeking the nomination for the ruling centrist Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).
Meade, who has served in both PRI and PAN administrations, resigned as finance minister in November and PRI officials hope he will help the party recover from a spate of corruption scandals.
“This corrupt and inefficient PRI government has been an absolute national disaster,” Anaya said on Sunday, adding that his own party did not make fundamental structural changes during its two presidential terms from 2000 to 2012.
Anaya saw a split in his party in October when former first lady Margarita Zavala left to launch a bid for the presidency as an independent candidate. Zavala, the wife of former President Felipe Calderon, said she quit the PAN because the party base had been subordinated to the interests of its leadership.
The left-right coalition on Friday presented its official request with the electoral institute to compete in the July 2018 vote. The group must still pick its leader, with Anaya, who had been leader of the PAN since 2015, considered the front-runner.
Anaya, 38, has faced criticism in the Mexican press for his family’s “inexplicable” level of wealth, although he denies any wrongdoing.
In a voter poll published on Wednesday, Anaya came in second behind Lopez Obrador, who leads the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) party, but ahead of Meade.
Mexico City Mayor Miguel Angel Mancera, who was seen as a contender for the coalition, said on Saturday he would not run and criticized what he said was an undemocratic selection process.
Source: reuters.com
Comments
more recommended stories
Guatemalan teen dies at Border Patrol station, 5th minor to die in US custody in 6 monthsPHOENIX – A 16-year-old boy diagnosed.
Cruise the ocean with gourmet food, craft cocktails and the best of the digital worldPORT OF SAN FRANCISCO — We’re.
Come to the Yucatan…Standing barefoot on a wooden jetty.
Is the State Secretary of Public Security on his way out?According to an unofficial source close.
Real estate “Boom” would raise the population of Mérida to two million before 2030“The city of Mérida would increase.
Camazotz: the Maya BatmanIn Maya mythology there is a.
Ochoa-Lopez murder: Baby boy cut from mother’s womb opens eyes for the first timeA baby boy, cut from his.
Yucatán beekeepers to receive more and better support from state governmentThe Yucatan state government and apicultural.
AMLO orders end to corporate tax breaks in MexicoMEXICO CITY, May 20 (Reuters) –.
Climate change improves production of habanero pepper in Yucatán“Facing the climate change that prevails.
Leave a Comment