Miguel Alonso Reyes assumes as Zacatecas governor, will investigate Amalia García's government

Miguel Alonso Reyes, the first of the governors elected the past July 4th to assume power, had very harsh words for the outgoing state administration of Amalia García Medina. Alonso declared in his inauguration ceremony,

"Our people people reprove of the profit making for the personal and family gain of our rulers. We reject the irresponsible practice of those tho feel that public goods and the government are their property. The exercise of public service is always to serve."

Very strong words, especially with Amalia García just meters away from the podium. The new governor declared he would revise the public accounts and budget spending for any irregularities. Denunciations of nepotism involving García and her daughter Claudia Sofía Corichi García have certainly been flying around for quite some time, and one might find out whether these had any substance. 

Miguel Alonso, notably, is  former PRD member who held positions in both García's and her predecessor Ricardo Monreal's government, but ditched the PRD to run on a PRI-PVEM-PANAL coalition. His victory, which meant the PRD's loss of Zacatecas after 12 years of governing, has primarily been attributed to a mediocre performance by Amalia García, who was strongly criticized by Alonso for leaving Zacatecas with declining social indicators and economic performance standards.

García saw her presidential ambitions pretty much squashed after failing to impose Antonio Mejía Haro as her successor, but the failure of PRD-PT-Convergencia to present a common candidate - Monreal has since ditched the PRD and worked for a separate PT candidate - was clearly of huge importance as well.