MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's main opposition party said on Monday it would not back a government bill to open the oil industry without an electoral reform that aims to curb the power of the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI.
Lacking a majority in Congress, President Enrique Pena Nieto is hoping for votes from the conservative National Action Party (PAN) to change the law to allow the private sector to sign lucrative contracts for the exploration and production of crude.
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