Wednesday, July 19, 2006

Multi Chanel Scanner Mobile Phone

AMLO could undermine democratic institutions in Mexico: USA Today

AMLO could undermine democratic institutions in Mexico: USA Today By: Notimex in Washington Tuesday July 18, 2006 any other court, Mexico's electoral tribunal needs to be seen as impartial and insulated from political pressures. López Obrador's actions that cause harm to serve, "said the American newspaper. The results of the presidential elections of July 2 gave the most votes to the candidate of the National Action Party (PAN), Felipe Calderon, with a difference less than one percentage point a candidate for the Good of All. Lopez Obrador challenged the results before Mexico's electoral tribunal and demanded that every vote is counted, he recalled saying. USA Today noted that the candidate of the coalition For the Good of Everyone has the right to seek a recount of the votes. However, López Obrador "crosses the line when they try to pressure or intimidate the court to grant him the count, placing many of his supporters in the streets and making unfounded allegations of fraud," the newspaper said. It displays a destructive attitude of winning at all costs that could undermine democratic institutions in Mexico, "insisted the paper, the second largest circulation in America. The newspaper said that there are even doubts about the "truthfulness" of López Obrador, then they showed a video showing an alleged electoral fraud and found that it was just a box officer performed an action legitimate transfer of votes. "Lopez Obrador should have investigated the video before making such accusations," said the newspaper. USA Today compared the elections of July 2 with the controversial elections of November 2000 in Florida, where the loser of the state elections, Albert Gore, took the case to the Supreme Court seeking a general account. The court rejected the request for Gore, who won the nationwide popular vote but lost the presidency because of the indirect electoral system the United States, where the final winner is the candidate with more votes in the Electoral College. Al Gore conceded defeat final. A similar case of Richard Nixon, who lost the 1960 election to John F. Kennedy did not challenge despite reports of fraud in Chicago, recalled saying. "They put the nation above personal ambition. As you plan your next steps, López Obrador would do well to follow suit," USA Today ended. http://www.cronica.com.mx/nota.php?id_nota=251755

0 comments:

Post a Comment