semiparliamentary

Re-electing members of Congress and senators, who are currently limited to one term; establishing a system of referenda to amend the Constitution; creating a hybrid, semiparliamentary, semipresidential system to allow the president to govern with a majority, his own or the opposition's; establishing a run-off for the presidential vote, so that Calderón's successor is not similarly elected with only 35 percent of the vote; allowing independent candidates: all of these are fundamental changes that Mexico needs in order to wage its war on poverty.

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