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Obrador Plans Parallel Rule
(The Australian, September 9, 2006)
Presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador plans a shadow government, insisting he is the rightful leader of Mexico even as president-elect Felipe Calderon seeks reconciliation. . . . "We will decide if we want to obey an obsolete government that is run by a minority or if we will declare the abolition of this corrupt regime," Mr Lopez Obrador said in Mexico City's downtown square late Thursday, the 40th day of his campaign of "peaceful civil disobedience." . . . He announced a September 16 rally, on Mexico's independence day, at which his supporters would decide his title, whether "chief of the resistance government," or "president of Mexico" or merely "coordinator" of his movement. . . . Mr Calderon, the official president-elect, has extended his hand to Mr Lopez Obrador and insists he is open to dialogue. . . . However, Mr Lopez Obrador rejected the offer this week, calling his opponent an "illegitimate president" responsible for a "coup d'etat" which he said was sending "Mexico's institutions to hell," in remarks to hundreds of admirers outside the electoral tribunal in Mexico City. . . . Since the July 2 election, which Mr Calderon won by a scant 0.56 per cent, Mr Lopez Obrador has lived in a tent city with backers of his Democratic Revolution Party and kept up a campaign of civil disobedience, blocking traffic and protesting in the capital. . . . On Tuesday, the Federal Electoral Tribunal named Mr Calderon president-elect, in a decision that cannot be appealed. . . . The tribunal overturned hundreds of objections filed by Mr Lopez Obrador, who claimed fraud had tipped the election Mr Calderon's way, including accusations of illegal electioneering by President Vicente Fox on behalf of Mr Calderon, who is also of the National Action Party.

posted by LoZo 10:07 AM