Policy Brief - Mexico After Andrés Manuel López Obrador: Challenges and

The consequence of these changes were quick to materialize: in the midterm elections of 1997, the PRI lost control of the Chamber of Deputies, and Cárdenas became the first elected mayor of Mexico City. [...] President Peña Nieto, who was clearly aware of the weakness of the economy, and of the intensity and Policy Brief - N° 29/24 - June 2024 6 violence of the war on the drug cartels, opted to build with the two main opposition parties, the PRD and the PAN, a national alliance, a sort of national pact, which consisted of a 95-point agenda and which he called the ‘Pact for Mexico’. [...] Indeed, weakening the institutions, and the mechanisms of checks and balances in the country, was one of the main accusations against AMLO during the last few years of his mandate. [...] The PAN used to be the main conservative opposition party, to the right of PRI, while PRD used to be the main progressive opposition, to the left of the PRI. [...] About the Policy Center for the New South The Policy Center for the New South (PCNS) is a Moroccan think tank aiming to contribute to the improvement of economic and social public policies that challenge Morocco and the rest of Africa as integral parts of the global South.