Protests may threaten the stability of Mexico
Transfer of power turns into rocky spectacle; leftist candidate refuses to concede election
- Monica Campbell, Chronicle Foreign Service
The continuing street protests over the outcome of the July 2 presidential election and the continuing refusal of leftist politician Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to concede have become spectacle instead of succession.
Although Calderon's victory has yet to be certified, a seven-judge electoral court has tossed claims of electoral fraud made by Lopez Obrador and his left-leaning Democratic Revolution Party, or PRD.
The electoral court has until Wednesday either to call for a fresh election or to declare a president-elect. Its previous thumbs-down ruling on Lopez Obrador's demand for a national recount of the more than 41 million votes cast strongly suggests that Calderon will be named
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