Mexico ruling party hopeful proposes graft law to boost election campaign


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  • Saturday, 20 Jan 2018

Jose Antonio Meade, presidential pre-candidate for the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), gestures during a political event in Mexico City, Mexico January 14, 2018. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Struggling to kick-start his campaign and clean up the image of the graft-stained ruling party he hopes to lead to election victory, Mexican presidential hopeful Jose Antonio Meade on Friday proposed tougher anti-corruption legislation.

Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) contender Meade, a longtime public servant with a reputation for decency, is polling in third place ahead of the July election, weighed down by the PRI's record on corruption.

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