While civilian mobilization played an important role in demanding intergovernmental coordination, cooperation between federal and subnational authorities took place because it involved governors and mayors from the PRI -the party that did not question president Calderón's election and that was a likely legislative partner for the president's agenda of market-oriented reforms- rather than from the leftist PRD.
Si bien la movilización de la sociedad civil desempeñó un papel importante al exigir la coordinación intergubernamental, la cooperación entre autoridades federales y subnacionales se dio porque involucraba a gobernadores y alcaldes del PRI -el partido que no cuestionó la elección de Calderón y que era un probable socio legislativo para su agenda de reformas económicas-.