Mexico – Its full name is the United
Mexican States which was ruled by indigenous people and the Spanish conquerors
which had its impact on the Mexican political institution. Agustin De Iturbide
was the first leader in 1821, when the country became independent. One of the
famous leaders is Rafael Moreno Valle who is the member of the National Act
Party and the Governor of Puebla from February 2011 to January 2017.
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The Brief History of Mexico and Their Interest
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Mexico gains its independence in
1821 and has had several constitutions. The most durable constitution from 1857
to 1917, then the Mexican Revolution of 1913-1916, other social constitutional
convention, and the present constitution were adopted in 1917.
Political Parties: - These
parties in Mexico promote the participation of people in the democratic life of
the country, contribute in the representation and manage the access through
which citizen can participate in public office. All political parties
registered before the national Electoral Institution (INE). These are the
parties which are registered before the INE and have representatives in the
Congress of the Union.
·
Institutional Revolutionary Party founded in
1929.
·
National Action Party founded in 1939.
·
Party of
the Democratic Revolution founded in 1989.
·
Green Ecological Party founded in 1986 and
registered in 1993
·
Convergence Party founded in 1997.
·
New Alliance founded in 2005
·
National Regeneration Movement founded in 2012.
Historical Development: - Great Depresion,
which is followed by Mexican Revolution led to a much fragmented society and
weak institutions. In 1929, all the fractions of the Mexican Revolution were
united into a single party, the National Revolutionary Party was later renamed
into the Mexican Revolution Party and hence the Institutional Revolutionary
Party.
Mexico
was considered a bastion of continued constitutional government when coup
d’états and military dictatorships were the norm in Latin America. The
lack of establishment of democracy in Mexico can be explained by many factors
like the oil reserves is one that exist in the country and the nationalized by
the Cardenas government.
The first cracks in the system,
were the 1970s reforms to the electoral system and the composition of the
Congress of the Union. At that time incorporated proportional representation
seats allowing opposition parties to obtain seats. Gradually parties demanded
more changes, and a full democratic representation. The first state government
to be won by an opposition party was Baja California, in 1989.
In 1988, the presidential
elections held in Mexican politics and there is on serious threats to the party
in power by an opposition candidate Cuauhtemoc Cardenes, nominated by a broad
coalition of leftist parties. Subsequent changes have been made in the 1990, in
the creation of the Federal Electoral Institute and the inclusion of proportional
representation and first minority seats in the Senate.
Numerous electoral reforms
implemented after 1989 and the opposition parties made historic gains in
elections at all level.
In the last decade, Mexico has shown
their own capability of changing the political composition through genuinely
competitive elections, and the country still is in the process of democratic to
eliminate corruption and to achieve full accountability and transparency.