The Ecological Green Party of Mexico ( es, Partido Verde Ecologista de México, , PVEM or PVE) is a
green-conservative political party in Mexico. In the 2012 legislative elections, the party took 34 seats in the
Chamber of Deputies
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Description
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(out of 500) and nine seats in the
Senate
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(out of 128). During the
2012 Presidential election, PVEM supported
Enrique Peña Nieto (EPN), the candidate from the
Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), who was elected. In 2018, PVEM supported
Todos por México coalition, along with PRI and
PANAL.
José Antonio Meade
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, the coalition's candidate, came in third in a four-way race, with 16.43% of the vote. PVEM later withdrew from Todos por Mexico and gradually came close to the government, formally entering the
Juntos Haremos Historia coalition in 2019. In December 2020 it founded the
Juntos Hacemos Historia coalition, together with the
National Regeneration Movement and the
Labor Party and contested the
2021 Mexican legislative elections with them.
Controversies
Pro-death penalty campaign
In 2008, the PVEM initiated an advertising campaign in favor of reintroducing the
death penalty in Mexico. This led to the
European Green Party's withdrawal of recognition of the PVEM as a legitimate green party.
Anti-LGBT rights factions
During an interview, PVEM candidate Gamaliel Ramirez verbally attacked an openly gay candidate for Guadalajara mayor and called for criminal laws against homosexuality to be established. In the following days, Ramirez issued a written apology after the party expressed disappointment at his remarks.
While the party has pledged to support LGBT rights issues, its three representatives abstained from a vote on
Mexico City granting legal recognition to same-sex couples and opposed the legalization of same-sex marriage in the city.
Accusations of corruption and nepotism
The PVEM is also widely criticized because its current leader,
Jorge Emilio González Martínez, was appointed for being the son of former leader
Jorge González Torres, and for supporting the political and business agenda of Mexican businessman
Víctor González Torres, owner of the ''Farmacias Similares'' drugstore franchise and González Martínez's uncle.
The Quintana Roo state branch of PVEM removed its leader, José de la Peña Ruiz de Chávez, for his relationship with the
Romanian mafia on February 10, 2021. He kept his position as a member of the
Congress of Quintana Roo
The Congress of Quintana Roo is the legislature of Quintana Roo, a state of Mexico. The Congress is unicameral.
See also
*List of Mexican state congresses
External linksOfficial website
Government of Quintana Roo
Quintana Roo
Quintana Roo
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. José Luis Jonathan Yong, former Public Security director in Cancun (2016-2018) has been implicated. De la Peña Ruiz de Chávez is said to also have ties to Leticia Rodríguez Lara "Doña Lety", leader of the
Cancun drug cartel.
Unlawful political advertising in movie theaters
In January 2015, the
National Electoral Institute (INE) ordered the PVEM and theater chains
Cinemex and
Cinépolis to cease airing PVEM advertisements on the grounds of fairness in electoral contests. When the PVEM and the theaters did not comply, the INE imposed a fine of $35 million on the PVEM and $7 million on both theater chains.
2021 post-campaign influencer posts
In 2021, several
Internet celebrities were fined for illegal posts in favor of PVEM on social media after the period of campaigning had ended. Fer Moreno admitted she had been paid
MXN $10,000 (US$) and apologized.
Electoral history
Presidential elections
Congressional elections
Chamber of Deputies
Senate elections
Gubernatorial victories
Ricardo Gallardo Cardona won the
2021 Mexican gubernatorial elections in
San Luis Potosi.
References
Further reading
Death penalty debate grows in MexicoMexico to rethink death penalty
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Political parties established in 1993
Political parties in Mexico
Organizations that oppose LGBT rights
Green conservative parties