In what ways Mexico under PRI Violated the democratic principles?
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The Institutional Revolutionary Party (Spanish: Partido Revolucionario Institucional, PRI) is a Mexican political party founded in 1929 that held uninterrupted power in the country for 71 years from 1929 to 2000, first as the National Revolutionary Party (Spanish: Partido Nacional Revolucionario, PNR), then as the Party of the Mexican Revolution (Spanish: Partido de la Revolución Mexicana, PRM) and finally as the PRI beginning in 1946.
The PNR was founded in 1929 by Plutarco Elías Calles, Mexico's paramount leader at the time and self-proclaimed Jefe Máximo (Supreme Chief) of the Mexican Revolution. The party was created with the intent of providing a political space in which all the surviving leaders and combatants of the Mexican Revolution could participate and to solve the grave political crisis caused by the assassination of President-elect Álvaro Obregón in 1928. Although Calles himself fell into political disgrace and was exiled in 1936, the party continued ruling Mexico until 2000, changing names twice until it became the PRI.
Mexico under PRI has Violated the democratic principles
Explanation:
(i) In the polls, the PRI used a lot of dirty tricks.
(ii) All staff of government offices had to participate in all PRI meetings.
(iii) Government school teachers forced parents to vote in the PRI
(iv) The media had except to condemn them, largely ignored the role of opposition political parties.
(v) Sometimes, in the last minute, polling stations were moved from one location to the other, making it difficult to cast votes.
(vi) For its candidates, the PRI invested a considerable amount of money in the campaign . Mexico did not conduct fair elections as each election was won by PRI.
(vi) In real, people of Mexico had no choice. There was no way the ruling party could be defeated, although the Mexican people were against it. Till 2000, each election was won by the PRI. Opposition parties could never manage to win