The Hindu : A setback to Vicente Fox

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Tuesday, Jul 08, 2003

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A setback to Vicente Fox

MEXICO CITY: Voters issued a severe judgment on the President, Vicente Fox's first three years in office, electing another divided Congress in which his party will have fewer seats and increasing the power of the former ruling party and the leftist Opposition. No party gained a majority in Sunday's midterm congressional elections. Voters, frustrated with Mr. Fox's inability to deliver on promises of reform, economic growth and a migration accord with the United States, set the stage for three more years of inaction. Preliminary vote counts showed the Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI — the old ruling party that Mr. Fox ousted in 2000 elections — leading in Congress and winning at least one key governor's race (In the picture, the gubernatorial candidate of the state of Nuevo Leon, Natividad Gonzalez, is seen celebrating his victory.) — AP

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