Thanks to a rigid formula that permitted few back-and-forth exchanges, the second Jalisco gubernatorial debate provided little drama for a modest television audience at the inhospitable hour of 10 a.m. on Sunday, June 10.
Held at Expo Guadalajara prior to the evening’s presidential debate (see page 1), the face-off between the five contenders for governor of Jalisco only sparked into life when the three main candidates – Aristoteles Sandoval of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), Enrique Alfaro of the Citizens Movement and Fernando Guzman of the National Action Party (PAN) – went off-script to dish out accusations and insults.
With 38-year-old former Guadalajara mayor Sandoval leading in the polls by a five to 10 percent margin, it might have behooved him to maintain his guard and not be tempted to land any below-the-belt blows.
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