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March 09, 2003

Mexican Voters Reject Government/War

The party of Vicente Fox, Mexico's current President, lost badly in local elections today.

While most issues were local, including government scandals, the war in Iraq is playing a factor in Mexican politics:

Fox, elected amid much fanfare in 2000 as the first president from Mexico's opposition and thus the symbol of Mexico's democratic coming of age, faces tough legislative elections this summer with a predominantly antiwar electorate.
"Fox is facing intense pressure from the population, the opposition parties, and the media, all of whom want Mexico to resist war in favor of a peaceful resolution of the Iraq conflict," says Jorge Chabat, a Mexico City political scientist.

Update: See similar pressure in Pakistan as well.

Posted by Nathan at March 9, 2003 09:32 PM

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