Mexico’s leftists call for referendum on energy sector reforms
Mexico’s leftists call for referendum on energy sector reforms
López Obrador demands that Peña Nieto put his Pemex plans to a vote
López Obrador exige a Peña Nieto un referéndum sobre la reforma energética
Sonia Corona Mexico City 23 SEP 2013 - 20:03 CET
Mexico’s fractured leftist movement has come together to spearhead an effort to prevent President Enrique Peña Nieto from carrying out his planned reform of the petroleum industry.
Former presidential candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador on Sunday called on Peña Nieto to hold a plebiscite before Congress is asked to approve reforms to Articles 27 and 28 of the Mexican Constitution that deal with nationalization and ownership of the energy sector.
López Obrador, who is leader of the National Regeneration Movement (Morena), rallied his supporters for a demonstration in Mexico City against the president’s reform proposal.
Peña Nieto wants to open Mexico’s beleaguered state-controlled industry, Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex), to private investment, but he has denied that he will privatize the sector, which was nationalized in 1938.
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