AMLO Wants Referendum on Probing Ex-Leaders as Midterm Looms
- Mexican president wants a vote on his predecessors next year
- AMLO is escalating anti-corruption rhetoric as economy plunges
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Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador signed a request calling for a referendum on whether his predecessors should face investigations for corruption, in a high-stakes political move designed to amp up anti-graft rhetoric ahead of next year’s midterm elections.
The president, known as AMLO, said on Tuesday that a popular petition calling for the vote had garnered close to two million signatures, as required by regulations, but that he would still send his own request to the senate to make sure the referendum takes place.