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| Andres Manuel López Obrador, the leftwing candidate in Mexico's presidential election, has announced that he does not recognise the official results, leading observers to believe he may call for street protests similar to those that paralysed central Mexico City after he lost the vote in 2006. | Andres Manuel López Obrador, the leftwing candidate in Mexico's presidential election, has announced that he does not recognise the official results, leading observers to believe he may call for street protests similar to those that paralysed central Mexico City after he lost the vote in 2006. |
| Lopez Obrador says a federal electoral tribunal which rejected allegations of vote-buying and other campaign violations in favour of Enrique Pena Nieto, the candidate of the former ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party, was illegitimite. Lopez Obrador called a peaceful protest for 9 September. | Lopez Obrador says a federal electoral tribunal which rejected allegations of vote-buying and other campaign violations in favour of Enrique Pena Nieto, the candidate of the former ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party, was illegitimite. Lopez Obrador called a peaceful protest for 9 September. |
| "I am telling the people of Mexico that I cannot accept the judgment of the electoral tribunal that declared the presidential election valid," Lopez Obrador told a news conference. "The elections were not clean, free and genuine. As a result, I will not recognise an illegitimate power that's emerged as a result of vote-buying and other grave violations of the constitution and the law." | "I am telling the people of Mexico that I cannot accept the judgment of the electoral tribunal that declared the presidential election valid," Lopez Obrador told a news conference. "The elections were not clean, free and genuine. As a result, I will not recognise an illegitimate power that's emerged as a result of vote-buying and other grave violations of the constitution and the law." |
| He said he wants protesters to respect the law, and did not call directly for a repeat of the blockades he launched in 2006. | He said he wants protesters to respect the law, and did not call directly for a repeat of the blockades he launched in 2006. |
| Lopez Obrador attracted hundreds of thousands of people to the streets for campaign rallies, and retains a large and fervent base of support in Mexico City. But Pena Nieto's margin of more than 3 million votes was far wider than the few hundred thousand that cost Lopez Obrador the 2006 presidential elections, and much of the initial outrage at Pena Nieto's win appears to have faded since the 1 July ballot. | Lopez Obrador attracted hundreds of thousands of people to the streets for campaign rallies, and retains a large and fervent base of support in Mexico City. But Pena Nieto's margin of more than 3 million votes was far wider than the few hundred thousand that cost Lopez Obrador the 2006 presidential elections, and much of the initial outrage at Pena Nieto's win appears to have faded since the 1 July ballot. |
| Lopez Obrador alleged that Pena Nieto engaged in widespread vote-buying and campaign spending excesses but Mexico's highest election court voted unanimously on Thursday to dismiss his challenges. The judgement handed down by a seven-member tribunal paves the way for the old ruling party PRI to return to power after losing the presidency for the first time in 71 years in the 2000 election. | Lopez Obrador alleged that Pena Nieto engaged in widespread vote-buying and campaign spending excesses but Mexico's highest election court voted unanimously on Thursday to dismiss his challenges. The judgement handed down by a seven-member tribunal paves the way for the old ruling party PRI to return to power after losing the presidency for the first time in 71 years in the 2000 election. |
| The PRI said in a statement that the ruling "has ended the contentious and combative phase of the federal electoral process and has fully demonstrated the legitimacy of Enrique Pena Nieto's victory at the ballot box." | The PRI said in a statement that the ruling "has ended the contentious and combative phase of the federal electoral process and has fully demonstrated the legitimacy of Enrique Pena Nieto's victory at the ballot box." |
| Before the vote, the judges questioned the nature of the evidence submitted by Lopez Obrador's supporters. "Mexico has a president elected by the people, in the person of Enrique Pena Nieto," said Justice Salvador Nava. | Before the vote, the judges questioned the nature of the evidence submitted by Lopez Obrador's supporters. "Mexico has a president elected by the people, in the person of Enrique Pena Nieto," said Justice Salvador Nava. |
| The judges said some of the evidence was hearsay, or unclear. But Ricardo Monreal, Lopez Obrador's campaign manager, accused the judges of "acting like a gang of ruffians." | The judges said some of the evidence was hearsay, or unclear. But Ricardo Monreal, Lopez Obrador's campaign manager, accused the judges of "acting like a gang of ruffians." |
| Monreal complained that the tribunal wanted his coalition "to supply not just the evidence, but the victims and criminals" as well. | Monreal complained that the tribunal wanted his coalition "to supply not just the evidence, but the victims and criminals" as well. |
| The accusations centered on hundreds and possibly thousands of pre-paid gift cards that shoppers at a Mexican grocery store chain said they were given by Pena Nieto's party before the election. | The accusations centered on hundreds and possibly thousands of pre-paid gift cards that shoppers at a Mexican grocery store chain said they were given by Pena Nieto's party before the election. |
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