MEXICO CITY — President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s successful push to hold last weekend’s recall vote could paradoxically leave Mexico’s democracy weaker, some analysts in Mexico say.
López Obrador declared the referendum, in which he was strongly supported by the few Mexicans voters who participated, “a complete success” and “historic event” that was a victory for “participative democracy,” noting that Mexicans had never before been allowed to vote on whether a president should be recalled from office.
