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Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador salutes his fans on the night of his victory on Sunday, July 1, 2018 in Mexico City. REUTERS / Edgard Garrido
The members of the new Congress resulting from the elections of July 1, which saw the victory of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador in the presidency, began their work this Saturday, September 1st.
With our correspondent in Mexico , Patrick John Buffe
During this new legislature, both the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies will play a fundamental role in the implementation of President Lopez Obrador's policy . Because this new Congress will have the capacity to open the way to the transformation of Mexico that tries to realize the future head of the State.
Indeed, his party, Morena, has with his allies an absolute majority in both houses. Hence the fear of the three great traditional parties, after their crushing electoral defeat, that Morena becomes a hegemonic party. This denies its leaders who assure that they will privilege dialogue and parliamentary agreements.
What is certain is that during the next three months, Morena will want to legislate at full steam. His goal: to adopt a battery of laws allowing Lopez Obrador to apply his program of government as of December 1st.
Parliamentarians on the diet
In the immediate future, the majority party will impose austerity measures both in the Senate and in the Chamber of Deputies. Measures that will imply the elimination of the privileges of parliamentarians and a drastic reduction of their salaries, considered much too high.