PRD votes for new party leader
Moderates and hard-liners exchanged accusations of voting irregularities as Mexico’s main leftist party chose new leaders.
The two front-runners for the Democratic Revolution Party’s top job would probably take the party in sharply different directions. Moderate former Sen. Jesus Ortega faces former Mexico City Mayor Alejandro Encinas, who advocates a radical opposition to President Felipe Calderon’s government.
The PRD has been fractured by severe infighting since Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador narrowly lost the 2006 presidential election.
Lopez Obrador alleged electoral fraud, and his supporters refuse to have any dealings with Calderon’s administration. Encinas was a close advisor to Lopez Obrador.
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