(Reuters) Mexico left names own "president"

[originalpckelly]

"MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican leftists, who say the July 2 election was stolen, declared their candidate the "legitimate president" on Saturday, a symbolic move reducing the risk of street protests to make the country ungovernable.

Aides said Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who narrowly lost the election, would use mainly political means rather than widespread protests in leading opposition to conservative President-elect Felipe Calderon.

Tens of thousands of leftists meeting in the capital's vast downtown central square rejected a proposal to name Lopez Obrador head of a civil resistance campaign, which would have marked a more aggressive strategy to try to stop Calderon from ruling.

The election sharply divided Mexico along class lines, a rift made worse by Lopez Obrador's fraud accusations."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060917/ts_nm/mexico_election_dc

[originalpckelly]

1. I think that putting "president" in quotes is sort of biased.

Accusation is not proof, and these people are acting like their accusations are proof. Now on the other hand, were there really shenanigans in the Mexican presidential elections, that I also don't like.

What part of the election process in Mexico leaves open enough uncertainty that people could doubt its results? We know that someone is making such claims, and they are being given credibility, so that must mean something in their electoral process has opened the door of doubt.

While AMLO must prove there has been fraud, the election commission must prove that there hasn't. For either side to make assumptions not independently verifiable is simply not right.

[Wiley50]

2. Very Slanted Article. Reuters is usually better

We'll see what happens.

Wonder what narconews.com has to say

[bullimiami]

3. the rift wasnt made worse by accusations by amlo, it was the actions

by the ruling party that didnt want to give up power.

[Benhurst]

4. Sort of like the Supreme Court naming our new "president" in

2000, except Obrador got the most votes in Mexico.