Mexico's highest electoral court, TEPJF, confirmed that the complaints of PAN against now-former governor of Veracruz, Fidel Herrara, for having uttered that the then-party president was a "confessed delinquent," were unfounded. PAN had argued the utterances were "denigrating and slandering." Yet TEPJF ruled unanimously against the party, arguing the statements were not political propaganda, which would have been illegal.
Good: There must be some leeway for allowing for criticism, even if it is dirty.
Yet one must also keep in mind that Herrera was caught red-handed on tape interfering with the electoral process, ordering state officials to campaign for his PRI successor. While likely not admissible as evidence - the tapes were leaked, probably by federal intelligence - they are certainly morally damaging, and on a whole other level than Herrera's badmouthing of the PAN.
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