David Frum

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@jacobin The result of this abrupt unilateral salary cut across the top of the civil service was just what you might predict: the competent and honest managers quit because they lived on their salaries and had options elsewhere. The dishonest and incompetent stayed. 6/x — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 6, 2023

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@jacobin But the salary cut worked to concentrate power in the president's hands. Mexico has a law forbidding government employees to be paid more than the president. So when AMLO cut his salary by 60%, he also dramatically cut the salaries of most senior civil servants. 5/x — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 6, 2023

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@jacobin A question raised by AMLO's actions: did they apply to constitutionally autonomous bodies like the Bank of Mexico and the electoral institute? The Mexican Supreme Court ultimately ruled that those institutions were exempt. Result: they escaped the president's attempted purge 7/x — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 6, 2023