AMLO Says Lawmakers Took Bribes to Pass Key Mexico Oil Reform
- Former Pemex CEO to inform on the issue upon extradition: AMLO
- Case may help the president’s popularity in midterm elections
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador
Photographer: Alejandro Cegarra/Bloomberg
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Mexican legislators allegedly took bribes to vote in favor of a landmark energy reform during the previous administration, and an ex-head of the country’s oil giant will shed light on the matter, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Wednesday.
Lopez Obrador said there was “a lot” of corruption at the state-owned oil company Pemex during the previous administration, when congress passed landmark laws to open the government-run energy sector to private investment. He said Emilio Lozoya, a former head of the producer, will cooperate with investigations once he’s extradited from Spain on corruption charges.