Corruption Concerns in Mexico Drive Rising Levels of Public Distrust in Government Mark Browne - CNSNews.com
go to original May 20, 2016

Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto (AP/Juan Karita)

Mexico’s government faces the lowest level of public confidence seen in nearly a generation, with 61 percent of respondents in a recent poll saying the country is headed in the wrong direction.

Polling experts say the problem extends well beyond the presidency to the country’s governors, who “never land in prison” for corruption, according to a 2016 report on Mexico’s democracy by the Bertelsmann Foundation.

Public concern with corruption is the highest seen in 11 years, according to the Mexican polling firm, Consulta Mitofsky.

Sixty-one percent of Mexicans surveyed by the firm say the country is headed in the wrong direction.

President Enrique Peña Nieto’s approval rating is at the lowest level of his presidency, which began at the end of 2012. Public disapproval of his performance, according to the firm’s latest polls for this year, stands at 61 percent.

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