Death of the Mexican Presidency by John Ross

[pberq]

http://www.counterpunch.org/ross09062006.html

September 6, 2006
Adios, To the Fox!
Death of the Mexican Presidency

By JOHN ROSS

Mexico City.

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The tableau of 155 leftist deputies and senators storming the tribune of congress here September 1 to prevent President Vicente Fox from delivering his sixth and final State of the Union address (the "Informe") should be mandatory viewing for members of both houses of the U.S. Congress who, year after year, burst into servile applause for George Bush when each January he imposes his own infernal Informe upon the citizens of Gringolandia.

One crucial political distinction between these two distant neighbor nations is the presence of a third party in the Mexican mix, one that at least purports to be left of the center. Swindled out of the presidency by fraud this past July 2, the party of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO)--the Party of the Democratic Revolution or PRD--appears to have broken with the political class and traditional cronyism.

It is not that the PRD's hands are clean­ its legislators have regularly prostituted their wares - but in the wake of the stolen election and having been frozen out of any power positions in the brand-new congress despite being Mexico's second political force, the Party of AMLO has little to lose, and is suddenly speaking its truth to power, a singular position for any politico right or left.

(much more at link . . .)

[enigma000]

1. How much proof is there the election was stolen?

Berlusconi tried this in Italy a short while ago too. He failed to retain power.

Democracy breaks down if the losing parties refuse to accept election results. But I deserved to win it not a compelling argument.

Tell me what I am missing here.

[pberq]

2. See this thread

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x233718

The linked Guardian article contains a lot of info on the election fraud.

[enigma000]

4. thanks for the link n/t

[orwell]

3. The copious evidence of fraud...

...which the Mexican courts refuse to acknowledge.

Sounds like Florida 2000...

[Vidar]

5. Great article. Viva Obrador!