TRIFE's ruling: no real fraud

TRIFE, the independent seven judge panel has unanimously ruled that there was no massive fraud in the July 2. They threw out a small number of disputed votes (less than the difference between the two candidates) but the newly nullified ballots did not come mostly from Calderon. The bottom line is that AMLO is displeased and wasted no time with his rhetoric that the ruling was "an offense to all Mexicans."

great analysis from Mexico

Kenneth Emmond, writing in El Universal, has proved as eloquent as he is incisive in his latest "Is Lopez Obrador a Revolutionary"?

http://www2.eluniversal.com.mx/pls/impreso/noticia.html?id_nota=34173&tabla=articulos

http://www.mexidata.info/id1019.html

great analysis from Canada

One of the most in depth foreign reports about the post-election situation in Mexico has just appeared in the Toronto Daily Mail by on the scene reporter Arno Kopecky, who asks the question if AMLO is "a saviour or a sore loser."


http://digbig.com/4mpmh

more PRDistas challenge AMLO

Last weekend I was at the airport sending my goddaughter back home after spending a delightful summer. I met a woman who worked at UAEM and we began a conversation about the university. Some how, the conversation came around to AMLO's post election antics. She and many of her friends had been PRD supporters, but they have had it with Lopez Obrador. This is not just because he seems ungrateful for all the hard work his supporters (especially the volunteer poll watchers) did in the campaign, but because his disruptive tactics are going to hurt workers, small business people, students, and those who rely upon access to public services.

Back in Guerrero, one of my favorite PRDistas is governor Zeferino Torreblanca, former businessman and mayor of Acapulco. Always known for honesty, forthrightness, and independence, Zeferino urged a PRD rally to respect the processes of the law, and not to deny anyone his rights or liberties. The crowd broke into their non-logic chanting

“¡Voto por voto, casilla por casilla!”, “¡Fox, traidor, la patria no se vende!”, “¡Si no hay solución, habrá revolución!”, “¡Zeferino, voto por voto, casilla por casilla!”

http://digbig.com/4mhfk

A viable Mexican democracy requires at least two viable parties. The PRI is no longer viable (even if it never was committed to democracy). The PAN needs an opposition, but a loyal opposition that puts the nation above the interests of one sore loser. Fortunately, there are enough good women and men in the PRD to fill that role, but they too must come forward and call for adherence to the rule of law, obedience to the courts, and rejection of street solutions.

look who is supporting AMLO

It is always interesting which U.S. political movements choose to ally themselves with Mexican political movements. They use the same buzzwords and rely upon the same rhetoric. Perpetual U.S. presidential candidate, Lyndon LaRouche, runs a movement that has been known under various names. His youth organization joined a southern California rally for Lopez Obrador. We see similar themes of a global conspiracy of international bankers.

"LYM member Freddy Coronel spoke first, and explained how the same forces behind the fraud in Mexicos presidential election today, are the same as those behind the Democratic Party abandoning the Franklin Roosevelt tradition for the filthy international bankers Felix Rohatyns drive toward global fascism. LaRouche's West Coast spokesman Harley Schlanger delivered the keynote address to those in attendance challenging both those present to join LaRouche in defending the sovereignty of the Mexican nation state from the grip of globalization ..."

http://www.larouchepub.com/pr/2006/060731lym_prd_rally.html