http://mexico.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/05/08/oil-and-the-left-in-mexico/ The official Web log for Great Decisions 2007 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:29:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.0 http://mexico.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/05/08/oil-and-the-left-in-mexico/#comment-583 Fri, 23 May 2008 02:49:51 +0000 http://mexico.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/05/08/oil-and-the-left-in-mexico/#comment-583 [...] The prelude to the debate started in early April, when President Felipe Calderón presented a bill that was considered a major reform to the Mexican oil industry. Two days after the bill was presented, opposition legislators closed the podiums in both the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies. Indeed, the initiative presented by the Executive branch generated much controversy and the closure of Congress caused strong reactions that resulted in a political crisis. Nevertheless, major political actors—the presidents of the parties, leaders of opposition groups, key legislators, and high-ranking public officials—agreed to a process of deliberation through a democratic and inclusive debate. [...] […] The prelude to the debate started in early April, when President Felipe Calderón presented a bill that was considered a major reform to the Mexican oil industry. Two days after the bill was presented, opposition legislators closed the podiums in both the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies. Indeed, the initiative presented by the Executive branch generated much controversy and the closure of Congress caused strong reactions that resulted in a political crisis. Nevertheless, major political actors—the presidents of the parties, leaders of opposition groups, key legislators, and high-ranking public officials—agreed to a process of deliberation through a democratic and inclusive debate. […]

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