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 News Around the Republic of Mexico | October 2006 
Mexican Authorities Approve Formation of Leftist Coalition
 Associated Press
| | Mexico's Federal Electoral Institute gave the green light for the parties that supported leftist presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to continue their coalition. |
Mexico's Federal Electoral Institute approved the formation of the Broad Progressive Front, giving the green light for the parties that supported leftist presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to continue their coalition even after the end of the presidential election process.
The Democratic Revolution Party and two smaller parties — the Labor and Convergence parties — had formed a coalition to support Lopez Obrador in the July 2 elections, which were won by conservative President-elect Felipe Calderon.
By law, that coalition — known as the Coalition for the Good of All — was valid only for the elections. But the three parties expressed an interest in forming a more permanent alliance, giving rise to the FAP, as it is known by its initials in Spanish.
The new alliance will not receive any government funding beyond that given to the three constituent parties, and cannot run candidates under its name.
The FAP appears likely to push Lopez Obrador's anti-privatization agenda, and press his accusations that he was deprived of victory in the July 2 race by fraud. The country's courts have already ruled on those accusations, however, and declared Calderon the winner, leaving Lopez Obrador no legal recourse under Mexican law |
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