Leading Candidate’s Achilles Heel Puts Mexico’s Ruling Party in a Bind
- Interior minister leads polls of PRI presidential hopefuls
- Osorio Chong’s tenure has seen record levels of homicides
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Mexico’s Interior Minister Miguel Angel Osorio Chong has overseen a surge in the murder rate and the escape from prison of an infamous drug lord, yet remains the ruling party’s most popular contender for next year’s presidential election. That doesn’t say much for their chance of success.
While members of the Institutional Revolutionary Party back Osorio Chong, many analysts see him as un-electable in a campaign where voter dissatisfaction with public security will be a top issue.