2nd Governor Added to Tabasco Mix
Legislators in Mexico’s Tabasco state found themselves with two interim governors--and no agreement about which one should stay. Opposition lawmakers appointed a second interim governor after rejecting the candidate appointed Sunday by the outgoing legislature dominated by the Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI. The PRI candidate, interim Gov. Enrique Priego, was also sworn in Sunday. Opposition legislators said they would try to find an alternative site to swear in their choice, Adan Lopez, also a member of the PRI, after they were blocked from the state Congress building. At the heart of the dispute is a decision annulling the PRI’s October victory in Tabasco’s gubernatorial elections.
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