Reaction to the PRI's Maneuvers

PRD elder statesman and ex-priísta Porfirio Muñoz Ledo criticized his old party's shift leftward, saying it was little more than a scheme to win votes next summer. Inadvertently kicking dirt on his own ideology, he also said that social democratic movement is strongest in South America, thanks to leaders like Cristina Fernández and Hugo Chávez, among others.