Ecologist Green Party of Mexico

The Ecological Green Party of Mexico (Spanish: Partido Verde Ecologista de México, pronounced [paɾˈtiðo ˈβeɾðe ekoloˈxista ðe ˈmexiko], PVEM or PVE) is a green political party in Mexico. In the 2012 legislative elections, the party took 34 seats in the Chamber of Deputies (out of 500) and nine seats in the Senate (out of 128).[11] 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, the coalition's candidate, came in third in a four-way race, with 16.43% of the vote.[12] PVEM later withdrew from Todos por Mexico and gradually came close to the government, formally entering the Juntos Haremos Historia coalition in 2019.[13] 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.

Ecologist Green Party of Mexico
Partido Verde Ecologista de México
English nameEcological Green Party of Mexico
PresidentKaren Castrejón Trujillo 
Founded14 May 1993 (1993-05-14)
HeadquartersLoma Bonita 18 Lomas Altas, Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico City, México
Membership (2023)592,417[1]
IdeologyGreen politics[2]
Progressivism[3][4][5]
Ecologism[6]
Animalism[7]
Factions:
Green conservatism
Political positionCentre-left[8][9]
National affiliationJuntos Hacemos Historia (since 2020)[10]
Continental affiliationFederation of the Green Parties of the Americas
International affiliationGlobal Greens
Colours  Yellow green
Chamber of Deputies
41 / 500
Senate
7 / 128
Governorships
1 / 32
State congresses
77 / 1,124
Website
Party website

Controversies

Pro-death penalty campaign
Party logo between 1994 and 2009
A Green Party billboard promoting the restoration of the death penalty[14]

In 2008, the PVEM initiated an advertising campaign in favor of reintroducing the death penalty in Mexico.[15] This led to the European Green Party's withdrawal of recognition of the PVEM as a legitimate green party.[16]

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.[17]

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,[18] 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.[19]

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.[20] 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.[21]

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.[22]

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.[23] Fer Moreno admitted she had been paid MXN $10,000 (US$493.34) and apologized.[24]

Electoral history

Presidential elections
Election year Candidate # votes  % vote Result Note
1994 Jorge González Torres 327,313 0.93 Red XN Defeated
2000 support PAN Candidate; Coalition: Alliance for Change
2006 support PRI Candidate; Coalition: Alliance for Mexico
2012 support PRI Candidate; Coalition: Commitment to Mexico
2018 support PRI Candidate; Coalition: Everyone for Mexico

Chamber of Deputies
Election year Constituency PR # of seats Position Presidency Note
votes  % votes  %
1994 470,951 1.4 479,594 1.4
0 / 500
 Minority Ernesto Zedillo
1997 1,105,688 3.8 1,116,137 3.8
8 / 500
 Minority Ernesto Zedillo
2000 see: National Action Party
17 / 500
 Minority Vicente Fox Coalition: Alliance for Change
2003 1,063,741 4.1 1,068,721 4.1
17 / 500
 Minority Vicente Fox
2006 see: Institutional Revolutionary Party
19 / 500
 Minority Felipe Calderón Coalition: Alliance for Mexico
2009 2,318,138 6.7 2,326,016 6.7
21 / 500
 Minority Felipe Calderón
2012 3,045,385 6.44 3,054,718 6.43
34 / 500
 Minority Enrique Peña Nieto Coalition: Commitment to Mexico
2015 2,740,208 7.57 2,757,170 7.54
47 / 500
 Minority Enrique Peña Nieto Coalition: PRI PVEM
2018 1,429,802 2.55 2,695,405 4.79
17 / 500
 Minority Andrés Manuel López Obrador Coalition: Todos por México
2021 992,320 2.03 2,670,997 5.43
44 / 500
 Minority Andrés Manuel López Obrador Coalition: Juntos Hacemos Historia

Senate elections
Election year Constituency PR # of seats Position Presidency Note
votes  % votes  %
1994 438,941 1.3
0 / 128
 Minority Ernesto Zedillo
1997 1,180,04 4.0
1 / 128
 Minority Ernesto Zedillo
2000 see: National Action Party
5 / 128
 Minority Vicente Fox Coalition: Alliance for Change
2006 see: Institutional Revolutionary Party
6 / 128
 Minority Felipe Calderón Coalition: Alliance for Mexico
2012 867,056 1.9 2,881,923 6.1
9 / 128
 Minority Enrique Peña Nieto Coalition: Commitment to Mexico
2018 1,198,011 2.13 2,528,175 4.46
7 / 128
 Minority Andrés Manuel López Obrador Coalition: Todos por México

Gubernatorial victories

Ricardo Gallardo Cardona won the 2021 Mexican gubernatorial elections in San Luis Potosi.[25]

References
  1. https://www.ine.mx/actores-politicos/partidos-politicos-nacionales/padron-afiliados/
  2. Haynes, Jeffrey (2005), Comparative Politics in a Globalizing World, Polity, p. 177, ISBN 9780745630922
  3. https://pvem-cdmx.org.mx/verde-cdmx-celebra-que-se-declare-inconstitucional-penalizar-el-aborto-en-el-pais/
  4. https://vlex.com.mx/vid/va-pvem-despenalizacion-aborto-876353040/
  5. https://www.forbes.com.mx/candidatos-a-diputados-de-morena-pt-y-pvem-son-los-que-mas-hacen-copy-paste-de-propuestas/
  6. https://www.ieepco.org.mx/archivos/partidos-politicos/pvem/PVEM_DECLARACION.pdf/
  7. https://www.ieepco.org.mx/archivos/partidos-politicos/pvem/PVEM_DECLARACION.pdf/
  8. https://metapolitica.news/2020/01/04/verde-ecologista-se-declara-de-centro-izquierda/
  9. https://heraldodemexico.com.mx/nacional/2020/1/4/el-pvem-se-define-de-izquierda-142986.html/
  10. Alianza por el Cambio (2000)
    Alianza para Todos (2003)
    Alianza por México (2006)
    Compromiso por México (2012)
    Todos por México (2018–2019)
    Juntos Haremos Historia (2019–2020)
  11. Seelke, Claire. "Mexico's 2012 Elections" (PDF). Congressional Research Service. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
  12. "INE termina resultados finales de conteo para presidente". Excelsior (in Spanish). 5 July 2018.
  13. "PVEM-Morena, una alianza "baratísima"". aristeguinoticias.com. Retrieved 2019-12-20.
  14. Blears, James (26 February 2009), Mexico's Green Party Urges Death Penalty for Kidnappers, VOA News, retrieved 2 August 2009
  15. "La Plaza". Los Angeles Times. 10 December 2008.
  16. Tim Johnson, For Mexico's Ecologist Green Party, 'green' mostly means money, not environment, McClatchy Newspapers (June 18, 2012).
  17. "Green Party rival crossed the line, says gay candidate". Guadalajara Reporter. May 16, 2009. Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved November 27, 2009.
  18. Thompson, Barnard. "Corruption inferences and the Green Party of Mexico". MexiData.info. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
  19. "Miguel Ángel Toscano, dos años de escándalos sanitarios en la Cofepris" (in Mexican Spanish). Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-07-23.
  20. "El PVEM destituye a su líder en QRoo, ligado con la mafia rumana". ADNPolítico (in Spanish). Expansion Politico. 11 February 2021. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
  21. "Vinculan a verdes con mafia rumana". mural.com.mx (in Spanish). Reforma. February 10, 2021. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
  22. Forbes Staff (3 March 2015). "Partido Verde, Cinemex y Cinépolis: crónica de una multa anunciada • Forbes México".
  23. "FGR abrió investigación contra influencers por apoyo al Verde Ecologista en la veda electoral". infobae (in Spanish). Infoabae. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
  24. "Influencer se disculpa por violar veda electoral". Aristegui Noticias (in Spanish). Retrieved June 11, 2021.
  25. Sevillano, Luis; Galindo, Jorge; Clemente, Yolanda; Alonso, Antonio (2021-06-07). "Resultados de las elecciones de México". EL PAÍS (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved June 11, 2021.

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