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| Thousands of Mexicans have again turned out at a rally in support of the left-wing candidate in the contested presidential election. | |
| Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador told supporters in Mexico City's vast main square that they had a constitutional right to try to change the government. | Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador told supporters in Mexico City's vast main square that they had a constitutional right to try to change the government. |
| He claims he was denied victory in the election by systematic vote-rigging. | |
| That is denied by the probable winner in the election, Felipe Calderon - and by Mexico's top electoral court. | |
| Under a burning sun and festooned in their yellow party colours, thousands of supporters came again to listen to Mr Lopez Obrador speak. | |
| Thirty-six days into their street demonstrations, the tone of defiance was as strong as ever. | |
| 'Puppet president' | |
| Mr Lopez Obrador said a small elite had kidnapped the nation's institutions. | |
| He said what he was doing was constitutional and that he had the right to try to change the government. | |
| Lopez Obrador didn't mention his legislators' takeover of Congress | |
| "We will not accept a puppet president," he said - referring to Mr Calderon, his conservative rival. | |
| Mr Lopez Obrador made no mention of Friday's chaotic scenes in the Congress when dozens of his deputies took over the podium and prevented President Vicente Fox from making his state-of-the-nation speech. | |
| Instead, Mr Lopez Obrador told his followers that he would go ahead and set up what he called a "national democratic convention" in two weeks' time. | |
| He has already hinted at establishing a parallel government. | |
| Mr Calderon has spoken of the need to bring Mexicans together. He is expected to be confirmed as the president-elect in the next three days. |