In Mexico, president plans wide-ranging constitutional reforms prior to elections

Mexico's president will propose a package of constitutional reforms early next month [...] including measures to overhaul the judiciary, elections and pensions, four months before voters head to the polls. President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's term ends in September. By law, Mexican presidents can only serve one six-year term. The leftist Lopez Obrador and his allies do not have the two-thirds super majority in Congress needed to change the constitution, but analysts speculate the reforms could still shape the political debate ahead of the June vote. Since winning a landslide election in 2018 on an anti-establishment message, Lopez Obrador has moved to centralize executive power while reorganizing government functions he considers corrupt or too costly, including the top court and electoral authorities - efforts that have at times been stymied by judges and lawmakers. The president hopes his reform proposals can help set the stage for his successor's government, arguing on [12 January] that they can help "facilitate the transformation process" he launched.
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