“…24 The PRI suffered from being the governing party, compelled to approve policies contrary to its historical roots, political trajectory, and long-standing programs. 25 The PRI's power long rested on its ability to coordinate the leaders of multiple political clienteles, fill public office, and provide support for a presidentialist decision-making organization. The connection to its base was corporatist; that is, citizens were identified in social categories, organized as such in socio-economic or occupational groups, and formally incorporated within the PRI's internal organization into peasant, labor, and "popular" sectors.…”