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Mexico’s Electoral Court Explains Ruling
12:08 pm By Maegan La Mala · Controversia|mexico|Politics · Comments Off
8 Sep 2006
In its final ruling, Mexico’s electoral court (TEPJF) did acknowledge that there was illegal campaign interference by President Vicente Fox and from the Consejo Coordinador Empresarial (CCE) in favor the governing National Action Party (PAN) candidate Felipe Calderón and against rival Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO).
They further recognized that the attack ads used against López Obrador were illegal, however, they pointed out that the AMLO had used the same tactics. Nevertheless, in the end, the seven-judge panel firmly stated that none of the irregularities was significant enough to have significantly altered the outcome of the election.
The unappealable ruling handed down by the electoral court, which in its 10 years of existence has never been accused of bias, details each of the irregularities that were found, but says that their impact was not strong enough to justify annulling the elections.
Under Mexican law, an election can only be annulled if widespread fraud can be “objectively proven.”
Andrés Manuel López Obrador and those that support him want one thing, a recount. This past weekend hundreds of thousands of people, more than the rally last week, gathered in the center of Mexico City, in the Zócalo, to demand an official vote by vote recount of the ballots from the Mexican presidential election. Some reports put the crowd , that contained people who came from as far north as Mexico’s border with the United States and as far south as the state of Chiapas, at over 200,000. While the election results have yet to be declared official by the Federal Electoral Tribunal, Felipe Calderón was declared the winner by less than 1 percent.
Via / New York Times (Registration Required)
Mexican Elections : Celebs Ask AMLO to Quit
11 Jul 2006Estrellas in Mexico are making their opinions known one way or the other regarding the recent Mexican presidential election results. Filmmakers and actors alike are asking Andres Manuel Lopez-Obrador to accept his loss and move on. Among those expressing such sentiments include filmmaker Gustavo Loza and Mexican TV host Alan Tacher (who?). According to QuePasa:
Loza, who represented Mexico during the past Academy Awards with his film “Al otro lado”, believes Mexico is undergoing a very worrisome period after the July 2 elections. “We are experienced the inexperienced in Mexico. I hope this reached a good end for everyone’s sake since the last thing we need is more marches and social outbreaks. Lopez-Obrador must accept triumphs and defeats”, he stated.
I think it’s great, one way or the other when celebs (however marginal) use their star power but doesn’t anyone care what the real working class Mexican thinks?
Via / QuePasa
I woke up this morning and it’s official, with only a 0.57% lead Felipe Calderón of the Partido Acción Nacional (PAN) has been declared the winner of the Mexican presidential election. But it ain’t over until the fat lady sings her last bolero and Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said:
We cannot recognize or accept these results.
AMLO is calling for a rally of his supporters in Mexico City’s vast central square tomorrow. As one supporter of Lopez Obrador was quoted as saying by Reuters:
If a revolution is needed, a revolution there will be.
Via / Reuters
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