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President Calderon´s Party Loses in Mid-term Elections

by Pat Garcia | July 7, 2009 at 05:36 am

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Political changes in the country once again.

PRI has become the largest force in a congress with a PAN ( National Action Party) president which could decide the fate of anti-crime and economic policies.

I voted this past Sunday at a very peaceful atmosphere yet there was a no voting campaign going on throughout the country, people tired of the same thing,

I could also notice the passion of a group of young people calling others not to conform to mediocrity and keep voting. Others believe not voting is a silent vote of nonconformity to the system.

MEXICO CITY - Reviled as a creaky remnant of Mexico's authoritarian past, the old Institutional Revolutionary Party made a big comeback in midterm elections, once again becoming the largest force in Congress.

Still the country's biggest and most representative party, the PRI now presents itself as an underdog chastened and improving after its loss of the presidency in 2000.

One PRI campaign ad challenged the naysayers by showing a sure-footed soccer player who sinks a penalty shot even as the home-team crowd whispers, "He's going to miss it." The slogan: "PRI, proven experience, new attitude."