Nieto: Voters Will Define Presidential Race Yvonne Reyes Campos - The News
go to original March 23, 2012

PRI presidential candidate Enrique Peña Nieto

MEXICO CITY – Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) presidential candidate Enrique Peña Nieto said that the coming presidential election will not be decided by the High Court of the Federal Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judiciary (TEPJF), but by Mexican voters.

Interviewed after he participated in the 27th Congress of the Mexican Construction Industry in Villahermosa on Thursday, the presidential candidate reaffirmed his promise to act responsibly during the federal election, and to show absolute respect for the Mexican people.

Far from attempts at disqualification and dirty campaigns, he said, his campaign will be based on proposals and promises, adding that, “I’m convinced that this (election) will be … decided by the Mexican people.”

Peña Nieto said that he will respect the Federal Electoral Institute’s (IFE) decisions, alluding to the complaint filed against President Felipe Calderón by the PRI for violating electoral law.

The IFE threw out the complaint.

When asked if he would appeal the ruling, he said that PRI lawyers are considering the possibility. “Going to the highest authority,” he added, “would mean going to the TEPFJ; it would only be to reaffirm and give legal basis to our challenge, but we’re going to be absolutely respectful.”

The PRI politician said that he was encouraged by the fact that all the polls– including the poll President Calderón released at a Banamex conference, on which the IFE complaint was based – put him in the lead.

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