The PRM had four sectors: labor, peasant (campesino), "popular", mainly teachers and civil servants; and the military. The labor section was organized via the Confederation of Mexican Workers (CTM); the peasant sector by the National Confederation of Campesinos, (CNC); and the middle class sector by the Federation of Unions of Workers in Service to the State (FSTSE).Charles H. Weston, Jr. "The Political Legacy of Lázaro Cárdenas", The Americas vol. 39, no. 3 (Jan. 1963). The party incorporated the majority of Mexicans through their mass organizations, but absent from the structure for ideological reasons were two important groups, private business interests and adherents of the Catholic Church.Camp, Politics in Mexico, p. 150 Those two came together in 1939 to form the National Action Party, which grew to be the major opposition party, winning the presidency in 2000.
the prm had four sectors labor peasant (campesino) "popular" mainly teachers and civil servants; and the military the labor section was organized via the confederation of mexican workers (ctm); the peasant sector by the national confederation of campesinos (cnc); and the middle class sector by the federation of unions of workers in service to the state (fstse)charles h weston jr "the political legacy of lázaro cárdenas" the americas vol 39 no 3 (jan 1963) the party incorporated the majority of mexicans through their mass organizations but absent from the structure for ideological reasons were two important groups private business interests and adherents of the catholic churchcamp politics in mexico p 150 those two came together in 1939 to form the national action party which grew to be the major opposition party winning the presidency in 2000