This week has seen another instalment of the long-running feud between President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) and the National Electoral Institute (INE), which organizes federal elections and audits parties’ finances, and its head Lorenzo Cordova. On this occasion, with under five months to go until the June “mega-elections”, which involve the lower house mid-term vote, 15 state gubernatorial elections, and a host of state assembly and municipal ballots, the consequences are potentially more serious than on previous occasions that the two have crossed swords.
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- January 13, 2021
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