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 News Around the Republic of Mexico | August 2006 
Lopez Obrador Threatens to Form Resistance Government
 Deutsche Presse-Agentur
| | Like your uncle - but larger. lopezobrador.org.mx) |
Mexico City - Mexico's leftist presidential candidate said he will form a resistance government if election authorities acknowledge his conservative opponent as the winner of last month's election.
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who has charged that the election was rigged, made the announcement at a rally of his supporters Sunday at Mexico City's Zocalo plaza, a day before the Federal Electoral Tribunal was due to release the results of a partial recount of the ballots in the July 2 election, which Lopez Obrador lost to Felipe Calderon by a margin of 0.58 per cent.
The leader of the Mexican left and a former mayor of Mexico City called on his supporters to meet in a National Democratic Convention on September 16 if he fails to be declared the president-elect to decide what form their resistance movement should take.
Lopez Obrador of the Party of the Democratic Revolution has contested the results ever since the election, calling out his supporters to demonstrations that have numbered more than 1 million people and to erect barricades and tent cities in the capital.
As a result, the tribunal ordered the recount of votes at 11,839 polling places, or about 9 per cent of the total, but rejected Lopez Obrador's request for a full recount. Calderon of the ruling National Action Party said he won the vote fair and square.
The Electoral Tribunal has until Thursday to resolve all appeals and must designate a president-elect by September 6 for the inauguration in December. |
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