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 News Around the Republic of Mexico | November 2006 
Obrador Seeks Presidential Salary Donations
 Reuters
| | Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Mexico's leftist opposition leader, speaks as he is sworn in as 'legitimate president' at Mexico City's Zocalo square November 20, 2006. (Tomas Bravo/Reuters) |
The leftist opposition leader who had himself declared Mexico's "legitimate president" this week to back up claims of fraud in a July 2 presidential election asked for donations on Wednesday to pay his salary.
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador was sworn in as president on Monday by followers at a symbolic ceremony to put pressure on conservative President-elect Felipe Calderon.
An opinion poll showed most Mexicans oppose Lopez Obrador's move. The leftist acknowledged his movement was struggling to pay his "presidential" wages of some $4,500 a month.
"Help us, because we don't have money," he said at a news conference.
Lopez Obrador lost the July presidential election by a hair's breadth and claimed fraud but a court rejected his accusations of fraud. He is planning street protests against Calderon, who takes office on December 1.
Lopez Obrador called on supporters to deposit donations in Mexican branches of British-based HSBC, paradoxically one of the foreign-owned banks that leftists targeted in protests in August against the election result. |
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