Mexico Leftist Lopez Obrador to Lead 'Supporters of Democracy' in Sunday Rally Muhammad Iqbal - Business Recorder
go to original September 9, 2012

MEXICO CITY - Mexico's defeated leftist candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will lead a rally in the capital on Sunday to denounce the July 1 presidential election result, which he claims was bought by his opponent.

Lopez Obrador called on "supporters of democracy" to gather at the Zocalo, Mexico City's historic main square, after the electoral tribunal dismissed last month his bid to overturn the victory of Enrique Pena Nieto.

Pena Nieto, whose Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) ruled Mexico for most of the 20th century, won 38.2 percent of the vote compared to 31.6 percent for the former Mexico City mayor a margin of three million votes.

Lopez Obrador claims that the PRI, which governed Mexico with an iron grip from 1929 to 2000, bought five million votes and violated campaign spending rules in order to secure Pena Nieto's victory.

"(Peaceful) civil disobedience is an honorable duty when it is aimed against thieves who steal the hope and happiness of the people," he said on August 31 after the tribunal confirmed Pena Nieto's victory.

Pena Nieto, who begins his six-year term on December 1, has denied the allegations and called for national unity following the court's decision.

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