Mexico: the Trespassing of Political Representation

The representative system of the young Mexican democracy is systematically situated in a vulnerable position by several facts: the lack of transparency in the exercise of public administration, the embezzlement of state and municipal finances, the use representative positions in trenches defending particular interests and use of public resources for private purposes. Corruption, impunity, poor quality of public services, delays in judicial proceedings, limits on rights of audience and violence, and the lack of development and low levels of well-being, are some of the reasons for the faliure of the new Mexican democracy. The trespassing of the representation affect the important political agreements and mainly of civil and social rights. Despite its shortcomings and failures, the recently conquered, representative spaces in democratic politics appear as the option to modify an adverse social and economic reality.