Mexican elections
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Mexican elections
Hey everyone. I am still recuperating from Mexico's painful defeat agaist Argentina and that is why I haven't posted in a while.
I would like to make a comment about the ongoing Mexican elections. I just heard over BBC News that Calderon was "officially" elected. THIS IS NOT TRUE! The election has been challenged by the runner up progressive candidate Obrador. He allegedly "lost" by .57%, but I am ashamed to admit elections here were plagued by well documented and widespread cases of fraud. Thus, the outcome of the election will be determined by the courts in the following weeks. As things stand today, THERE IS NO PRESIDENT ELECT in Mexico, and the BBC is just plain innacurate. I worry that people around the world who enjoy this news source are going to get the wrong impression. There will also, more likely, be massive and hopefully peaceful demostrations all over Mexico in days and weeks to come. It is not rare for Obrador to gather hundreds of thousands of supporters for these occasions, and by the looks of it, the masses are willing to defend their vote.
I feel that at least, by telling you this, I am doing my part to set things straight. So there, you got the truth firsthand from your Bolton Wanderer's forum.
I would like to make a comment about the ongoing Mexican elections. I just heard over BBC News that Calderon was "officially" elected. THIS IS NOT TRUE! The election has been challenged by the runner up progressive candidate Obrador. He allegedly "lost" by .57%, but I am ashamed to admit elections here were plagued by well documented and widespread cases of fraud. Thus, the outcome of the election will be determined by the courts in the following weeks. As things stand today, THERE IS NO PRESIDENT ELECT in Mexico, and the BBC is just plain innacurate. I worry that people around the world who enjoy this news source are going to get the wrong impression. There will also, more likely, be massive and hopefully peaceful demostrations all over Mexico in days and weeks to come. It is not rare for Obrador to gather hundreds of thousands of supporters for these occasions, and by the looks of it, the masses are willing to defend their vote.
I feel that at least, by telling you this, I am doing my part to set things straight. So there, you got the truth firsthand from your Bolton Wanderer's forum.
Pro-Aguila, anti-chiputas and above all, let soccer reign.
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mummywhycantieatcrayons
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This is what the BBC says on it: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/5160188.stm
If there are irregularities, it seems difficult to blame the BBC for being innaccurate when it's the EU's election monitors who appear to be saying it was a proper result. But I have to say, it's difficult to see how a few officicials from the EU could ever really know what's going on in a foreign country's elections.
If there are irregularities, it seems difficult to blame the BBC for being innaccurate when it's the EU's election monitors who appear to be saying it was a proper result. But I have to say, it's difficult to see how a few officicials from the EU could ever really know what's going on in a foreign country's elections.
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mummywhycantieatcrayons wrote:This is what the BBC says on it: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/5160188.stm
If there are irregularities, it seems difficult to blame the BBC for being innaccurate when it's the EU's election monitors who appear to be saying it was a proper result. But I have to say, it's difficult to see how a few officicials from the EU could ever really know what's going on in a foreign country's elections.
To put things in perspective, the EU's commision was headed by a spaniard Salafranco, a conservative member of the European Parliament.
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mummywhycantieatcrayons
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Fecking conservatives....furiamex wrote:mummywhycantieatcrayons wrote:This is what the BBC says on it: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/5160188.stm
If there are irregularities, it seems difficult to blame the BBC for being innaccurate when it's the EU's election monitors who appear to be saying it was a proper result. But I have to say, it's difficult to see how a few officicials from the EU could ever really know what's going on in a foreign country's elections.
To put things in perspective, the EU's commision was headed by a spaniard Salafranco, a conservative member of the European Parliament.
Prufrock wrote: Like money hasn't always talked. You might not like it, or disagree, but it's the truth. It's a basic incentive, people always have, and always will want what's best for themselves and their families
Here's is a small video of ballot box tampering. There are more but they are too big. If I can find a way, I will post them. Oh, by the way, this is what the European Union is calling "fair and transparent" elections.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMUBb7eogP0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMUBb7eogP0
Pro-Aguila, anti-chiputas and above all, let soccer reign.
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