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by Miguel Toro
[1] The head of the FEPADE which is the Special Prosecutor's Office for Electoral Crimes.
[2] Note: He is an interim in the job because the old Attorney General resigned without a very substantive explanation of the reasons why, a couple of weeks ago. [3] Let’s note that Odebrecht has been convicted in several Latin American countries of bribing different politicians to get special treatment and concessions. [4] Note: The combined efforts of all opposition parties had the votes to reject the firing from the Attorney General’s Office. [5] Note: I don’t presume this list to be exhaustive as it came of the top of my head and not after extensive journalistic reviews. The other parties also have their own corruption scandals, but in this administration, the number of government cases have been vastly superior. [6] Note: I refer to him as the third, because he is the son and grandson of two former State of Mexico governors with the same name. He is also the cousin of President Peña Nieto. [7] It must be noted that Miranda has always worked for the public sector whose salaries are high but seems improbable that they would be enough for a house of that magnitude. [8] This is a yearly survey done to more than 20 thousand respondents in all the countries of Latin America regarding democracy and its values. The report can be consulted here: http://www.latinobarometro.org/lat.jsp [9] His November 3rd article can be found here (in Spanish): http://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/opinion/perfil-presidencial.html by Miguel Toro
[1] The translation of Jefe de Gobierno (which literally translates to Government Chief), which represents the Mayor of Mexico City, is tricky because Mexico City is a huge city but at the same time is also a state. In other words, the entire state is a city, which until 2016 was a Federal District (like Washington D.C.) but, after a constitutional reform, became the 32nd state of Mexico. As a result, the 16 boroughs (delegaciones) within Mexico City will now be called “mayorships” (alcaldías) and their heads called mayors (not to be confused with the Jefe de Gobierno of Mexico City who, in English, is referenced as the Mayor of Mexico City).
[2] Currently the PAN is facing internal divisions from different factions who want the presidential candidacy. The PAN’s President Ricardo Anaya wants to be the PAN’s presidential candidate and has been accused by former First Lady Margarita Zavala and her supporters of unfairly using the party’s resources and his position to further his own cause. He is accused of being judge, jury, and executioner. [3] It must be noted that, on September 12, 2017, PAN legislators introduced a bill in Congress that allows current Attorney General Raul Cervantes to compete in the selection process for General Prosecutor when they argued so vehemently that they did not want someone with a shady reputation—Cervantes has evaded taxes (car licensing taxes for his USD 4 million Ferrari) in the past—to be in the position of having to uphold the country’s law. by Miguel Toro
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