Mexico's main political parties have announced new leaders but none is likely to rejuvenate their party's fortunes.
Mexico's three main political parties announced leadership changes in August. President Enrique Pena Nieto's Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) confirmed the appointment of former Congressman Manlio Fabio Beltrones on August 20, and the conservative opposition National Action Party (PAN) elected Ricardo Anaya -- also a former legislator -- as its president on August 16. On August 6, Carlos Navarrete, head of the main leftist opposition Democratic Revolution Party (PRD), revealed that he was stepping down as leader following a disastrous electoral performance in the 2015 elections.
Amid popular political disillusionment, all new leaders will face difficult conditions in leading their parties to victory in 2018.
The new party presidents' abilities will be tested in the 2016 state elections, prior to the presidential election in 2018.
The issue of PAN-PRD electoral alliances will fuel divisions within both parties, and may undermine the authority of their new leaders.
