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Slight drop for President Calderón in Mexico
Angus Reid Global Monitor
MEXICO
Petroleumworld.com 08 16 07
Public support for Mexican head of state Felipe Calderón has decreased in the Latin American country, according to a poll by Ipsos-Bimsa published by El Universal. 64 per cent of respondents approve of their president’s performance, down four points since May.Mexican voters chose their new president in July 2006. Official results placed Calderón as the winner with 36.68 per cent of all cast ballots. Calderón—a former energy secretary—took over as Mexico’s head of state in December.
On Aug. 13, Mexican legislators agreed to reduce taxes on state-owned oil company Pemex by $5.45 billion U.S. a year. The measure seeks to free up funds for the company to spend on increasing crude production. Pemex is the sole supplier of commercial fuels in the country.
Opposition Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) senator Francisco Labastida said the Pemex proposal will be included in the government’s fiscal reform bill, adding, "With this change, Pemex will have the economic capacity to move forward." Labastida—who was defeated in the 2000 presidential election by the PAN’s Vicente Fox—also praised the fiscal reform bill, saying, "This is a good sign. Everybody wants things to turn out well."
Polling Data
Do you approve or disapprove of Felipe Calderón’s performance as president?
Aug. 2007 May 2007 Jan. 2007
Approve 64% 68% 58%
Disapprove 20% 21% 27%
Neither / Unsure 16% 11% 15%
Source: Ipsos-Bimsa / El Universal
Methodology: Face-to-face interviews with 996 Mexican adults, conducted from Aug. 4 to Aug. 9, 2007. Margin of error is 3.5 per cent.
Angus Reid Global Monitor 15 08 07
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