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Pena Nieto casts vote in Mexico election as protesters burn ballot papers
Sunday, June 07, 2015 - 01:07
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto casts his vote in legislative elections that will determine if his party keeps its slim working majority in the lower house of Congress. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION) Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto's party is expected to keep its slim working majority in the lower house of Congress in legislative elections on Sunday despite discontent about corruption, gang violence and lackluster economic growth. Mexicans also began casting their ballots for nine state governorships and more than 1,000 state and municipal posts, with voting due to run until 2300 GMT and preliminary results expected around 0300 GMT on Monday. At least seven candidates and nine campaign officials were murdered in campaigning soured by drug cartel intimidation and dissident teachers protesting against education reforms. Fresh violence flared over the weekend, with 13 people killed on Saturday when gangs clashed near the resort city of Acapulco, but the incident appeared to be unrelated to the election. Early on Sunday dozens of ballot boxes were burned by activists in Guerrero and Oaxaca states, two of Mexico's most restive. But all but a handful of polling stations across the country were operating normally, officials said. After pushing through economic reforms early in his presidency, Pena Nieto has been hit by allegations of corruption and a failure to bring drug violence under control. First, he was buffeted by criticism over the apparent massacre of 43 students last September by a drug gang working with local police. Then he had to contend with accusations of corruption following revelations that he, his wife and his finance minister had bought houses from government contractors. There were 1,374 murders across Mexico in April, the highest monthly total in nearly a year, police data shows. Still, although Pena Nieto's approval rating has plummeted, polls suggest his centrist Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) could hold the thin majority it has with its allies in the lower house, partly due to weakness and splits in the opposition.
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Pena Nieto casts vote in Mexico election as protesters burn ballot papers
Sunday, June 07, 2015 - 01:07
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