Calderón's Political Gamble To Backfire

President Felipe Calderón's recent political expediency is likely responsible for resignation of Interior Minister Fernando Gómez Mont, who stepped down on February 10 in what is almost certainly a protest over an electoral pact with leftwing parties. Although Gómez Mont gave no reason for his departure, president of the ruling centre-right Partido Acción Nacional (PAN), César Nava, confirmed that the interior minister had abruptly exited from a top-level party meeting the previous evening, where the issue of an alliance with Oaxacan Senator Gabino Cué of Mexico's left-wing bloc was being debated.

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