Mexican Elections : Fraud Accusations Still Hang Heavy

Thu03Aug2006

Mexican Elections : Fraud Accusations Still Hang Heavy

It's been over a months since the Mexican presidential elections and still there has been no clear answer to the popular cries of fraud just like there is still no clear official winner (even though Felipe Calderón and Andres Manuel López Obrador will each tell you that he is the winner). According to AlterNet there is...:

...a growing body of credible evidence from mainstream Mexican journalists, independent election observers and respected scholars indicates that an attempt was made to deliver the presidency to Calderón. It includes a pattern of irregularities at the polls, interference by the ruling party and some very suspicious statistical patterns in the "official" results.

It is because of this that supporters of both candidates have been calling for a ballot by ballot recount (which has yet to happen). By far AMLO's supporters have been the loudest in demanding a recount with rallies continuing every weekend. Just this last weekend Mexican newspapers reported that two million supporters of López Obrador gathered in México City. AMLO said when there is a recount, he will stop calling rallies.

Via / AlterNet

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