In exchange for support in the Senate for energy-sector reform, he gave Calderón and his aides a tacit blanket pardon for any conceivable misdeeds committed by Calderón’s presidential administration. This hurts Peña Nieto’s image in exactly the areas in which Mexicans most mistrust their leaders: violence and graft.
此外，培尼亚·涅托与前任达成的一项协议始终都在困扰他。为换取参议院对能源部门改革的支持，他赦免了卡尔德龙及其助手在卡尔德龙任职期间可能犯下的任何过错。这恰恰在墨西哥人最不信任本国领导人的领域损害了培尼亚·涅托的形象：暴力和贪污。