Citizens are getting a three-day respite from the incessant campaigning in the run up to Sunday’s presidential elections.
Under Mexican law, all political parties and individuals are not permitted to participate in any kind of electioneering during this period. This includes all public gatherings, advertising and door-to-door campaigning.
The “veda” (shutdown), as it is known in Spanish, commences at 12:01 a.m. on Thursday, June 28 and runs through to the moment polls close on the evening of Sunday, June 1.
The law will also affect the national student movement “YoSoy132,” which has scheduled marches in many states in Saturday, June 30. But unlike in previous manifestations, the marchers will not be allowed to carry banners denigrating or supporting one candidates or another.
A feature of the national movement has been its strong opposition to the candidacy of Enrique Peña Nieto of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).