Via: el5antuario.org
July 23, 2012
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Amid growing controversy over alleged dirty tricks in the
July 1 election, demonstrators in the capital marched from the
presidential palace, Los Pinos, to the central square in Zócalo as they
accused the president-elect of buying his way to victory in the vote. The
contest saw Mr Peña Nieto of the centrist Institutional Revolutionary
Party (PRI) beat his nearest rival, leftist Andrés Manuel López Obrador,
by a 7 per cent margin.
Mr López Obrador, of the Democratic Revolution Party (PRD), has vowed
to fight on and has filed a motion with the country’s electoral
tribunal to annul the result before December when Mr Peña Nieto is sworn
in. He claims to have proof that his rival engaged in vote-buying on a
massive scale, exceeded campaign spending limits and used illicit funds.
Last week, the pressure on the PRI intensified as the ruling National
Action Party said it would join Mr López Obrador in calling for a
criminal investigation.
On Friday, Mr López Obrador outlined a “National Plan for the Defence
of Democracy”, calling for a series of mass rallies against the victory
of Mr Peña Nieto. The call raised fears of a repeat of the chaos
following the 2006 election, when the former Mexico City mayor cried
fraud after losing the presidency by less than 1 per cent and mounted
weeks of street blockades and protest camps that paralysed much of the
capital.
Mr López Obrador tried to ease such concerns, insisting all actions
would remain peaceful. He urged supporters not to “fall into the trap of
provocation and violence”.
Yesterday’s march was not led by the leftist candidate but aligned
movements that have sprung up against Mr Peña Nieto and the PRI in what
has been dubbed the “Mexican Spring”.
Source: Mass News Media
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