Mexico's Lopez Obrador Pledges Legal Rollback of Energy Overhaul
- Vows to support result of a referendum, no matter the outcome
- Criticizes goverment inability to lower price of fuel, power
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Mexico’s left-leaning presidential contender wants to revise laws that opened the country’s energy markets to foreign investment, vowing to hold a referendum on the issue and make changes based on the result.
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who is leading in the polls for Mexico’s July 2018 presidential election, has said President Enrique Pena Nieto’s energy overhaul was foisted on an uninformed public. He criticized it for failing to lower fuel and electricity bills as promised.