Mexico’s lower house (Camara de Diputados) this week unanimously approved legislation to strip former presidents of any kind of immunity from prosecution.
The bill will now move to the Senate floor.
Meanwhile, Mexico’s National Regeneration Movement Party (Morena) and Labor Party have started a signature collection campaign for Congress to request a referendum through which citizens decide whether three former presidents should be tried for acts of corruption.
The move came after President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said the Mexican people should make the final decision whether any of his predecessors should stand trial for their alleged misdeeds.
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