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 News Around the Republic of Mexico | August 2006 
Opposition Leader Calls for National Dialogue on Disputed General Election
 Xinhua
| | Mexican Congresswoman Dolores Padierna of the Democratic Revolution Party, PRD, is blocked by riot police as she tries to make her way to the National Congress in Mexico City, Monday. Hundreds of supporters of Lopez Obrador, demanding a vote by vote recount of the past July 2 elections, clashed with police outside Mexico's Congress, as the nation's top electoral court met to resolve election disputes. (AP/Marco Ugarte) |
The leader of Mexico's left-wing Coalition for the Good of All, Manuel Camacho Solis, has called for a national dialogue over the country's disputed July presidential election to "end a conflict that will be very costly for society."
The former Mexico City's mayor also said that a recount was the best solution to the conflict, adding that "nothing will be achieved without a recount," local media reported on Tuesday.
The coalition's candidate, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, has claimed massive fraud in the July 2 election and demanded a vote-by-vote recount after the first official recount results showed he had lost the vote by a mere 0.58 percent to Felipe Calderon of the ruling National Action Party.
Camacho Solis said many Mexicans opposed a fraud, referring to a survey conducted by research company Parametria, which showed 48 percent of Mexicans believed that a fraud had taken place during the election.
The Electoral Tribunal, the country's top electoral court, has ordered a 9 percent recount, which so far has confirmed the victory of Calderon, but triggered allegations of unacceptable irregularities from Lopez Obrador's supporters.
Lopez Obrador has organized a massive civil protest to demand a total vote recount of the election.
The tribunal has to settle all fraud claims arising from the election process before Aug. 31 and to declare a president-elect by Sept. 6. The new president will be sworn in on Dec. 1, 2006. |
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