David Frum

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David Frum @davidfrum

will be to put presidentially dependent local officials back in charge, as in the bad old days of the Mexican one-party state. President Lopez Obrador probably won't dare try re-election for himself in 2024, that taboo is probably too strong even for him to defy. 5/x — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 23, 2023

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Lopez Obrador has tried different schemes to pervert honest elections. The law he crammed through the Mexican Senate tonight effectively destroys INE's local presence in Mexico's ~900 polling places. The effect of this law - it's grotesque to call it a "reform" - 4/x — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 23, 2023

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But he will want a compliant successor, and now he has the means to ensure one: presidential control of the elections machinery. Then, once he has installed a complaint successor, he has two further weapons of control over that person. 6/x — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 23, 2023