What type of government does Mexico have, and is the government in Mexico stable?

Los Estados Unidos Mexicanos (The United Mexican States) has a national government which is stable.

The government is a democracy. It is a federal republic composed of 31 states and Mexico City (formerly the Federal District). Mexico City is the capital of the federation and has many of the responsibilities of a state, but it is not a state. It is, however, the seat of the federal government and the heart of the country.

Mexico is governed by a Constitution...

Los Estados Unidos Mexicanos (The United Mexican States) has a national government which is stable.

The government is a democracy. It is a federal republic composed of 31 states and Mexico City (formerly the Federal District). Mexico City is the capital of the federation and has many of the responsibilities of a state, but it is not a state. It is, however, the seat of the federal government and the heart of the country.

Mexico is governed by a Constitution which was approved February 5, 1917. It is the basis for the legal system which is also influenced by legislation, regulations, case law, doctrines, customs, and general principles of law. Mexican law follows the traditions of civil law as opposed to the tradition of common law which is the basis of the legal systems in the US and Canada.

The national government has three branches, which are executive, legislative and judicial. The three branches are independent of each other and create a separation of powers with a system of checks and balances.

The president and his cabinet head the executive branch. The President also is both the head of government and the chief of state. The current President of Mexico is Enrique Peña Nieto who took office on Dec. 1, 2012.

The legislative branch consists of the Camara de Senadores (Senate) and the Camara de Diputados (Chamber of Deputies). There are 128 Senators with 98 elected for 6-year terms and 500 Deputies elected for 3-year terms. Legislators cannot be reelected for the next immediate term.

The judicial branch is composed of the Supreme Court, the Council of the Federal Judiciary, circuit, collegiate, unitary, state and district courts.

State governments in Mexico each have their own constitutions and they are all federal systems with three branches of government. In each state, the head of the executive branch is the governor. The legislative branch is composed of one body (congress) and the judicial branch includes a state supreme court and various local tribunals serve in a single house in each state. The governor and deputies cannot be reelected for the next immediate terms. States are independent and autonomous and the federal government cannot intervene unless there is a severe emergency.

Municipios (municipalities) are the smallest form of government in Mexico.  They are headed by an ayuntamiento (municipal council) and a presidente municipal (municipal president) or mayor. The mayor and council members cannot be reelected for the next immediate terms.

 

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El Palacio Nacional en Mexico City

Gary Coles in front of the Antiguo Palacio del Ayuntamiento

Mexico City

 

 

Our government in Mexico is very similar to the United States. We have the Executive Power, the Legislative Power, and Judicial Power. We have a president, we have a house of Congress, which would be our house, our Congreso, which would be the House where our senators are federal and our congressmen are federal.  And then we have state legislature, where we have our congressmen and our governors.
 
Our government has made miraculous advances compared to where we were 20 or...

Our government in Mexico is very similar to the United States. We have the Executive Power, the Legislative Power, and Judicial Power. We have a president, we have a house of Congress, which would be our house, our Congreso, which would be the House where our senators are federal and our congressmen are federal.  And then we have state legislature, where we have our congressmen and our governors.
 
Our government has made miraculous advances compared to where we were 20 or 30 years ago. We have more human rights treaties. We actually care for our Mexican people. We are moving forward as a country compared to being in the Wild West that we had the reputation in the movies from the 1950s. Our government is so sophisticated. We sent our electoral system, our voting system cards because that’s our identifications, to the Middle East to implement and show them how to make the cards and how to do the electoral process because we have voting cards. We have ballots and your voting cards with your registration information. That’s how advanced we are and we’re being copied in other countries for our system. It’s not perfect because there are a lot of Mexicans and a lot of people in our country. However, it is a good system in general.
 
We do have laws that protect just about everything and norms. We are a country of laws, norms, regulations, federal jurisdiction, state jurisdiction, and county jurisdiction. The law sometimes is moving so fast you have to as an attorney be up to date in checking every day what’s going on with Congress so you know if there’s any reforms or in the area or field where you specialize in.
 
Here in Mexico the voting places are usually in schools depending on where you live. And no, you don’t see coups at all. We might have protests, but very calm protests and no grenades, no gunmen shooting. People are calmer now. Mexico is a neutral country. We are not people who like to fight. And even though we have this horrific things here on the news, that’s not all of Mexico. Mexicans don’t want anything to do with the cartels. If you’re a common Mexican here you just want to go to school, come home, see your wife, see your kids, go to work, enjoy your country, travel, and do whatever you want to do.

 

(Example of a Mexican voter ID card, pictured.)