MEXICO CITY - Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Wednesday he would denounce any proposed legal reforms that would bring back criminal defamation statutes or other laws that would impinge on the freedom of expression. López Obrador’s comments came in response to questioning from Denise Dresser, a well-known Mexican journalist, who pressed him to respond to leaked documents from the Attorney General’s Office. “I don’t have anything to do with the supposed reform,“ the president said, noting that the Attorney General’s Office is an autonomous entity. But any legal reform would have to go through Mexico’s congress, which is controlled by López Obrador’s allies. Moreira resigned as party leader when it was revealed that the Coahuila state debt rose from $27 million to nearly $3 billion during his tenure.

Source: thestar January 29, 2020 18:33 UTC