Monday, November 20, 2006

Lopez-ObraGore gets "sworn in"

And gives the next Democratic presidential loser a bit of precedent...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061120/ts_nm/mexico_leftist_dc_1

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's leftist opposition leader was to swear in as "legitimate president" on Monday to revive his flagging campaign against a July election he says was rigged and to prevent his conservative rival from running the country.


Tens of thousands of supporters were expected to cram into Mexico City's vast Zocalo square to see Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador take an oath of office in a ceremony that has no legal weight but could mark the start of new street protests.

Ruling party conservative Felipe Calderon won the July 2 election by a razor-thin margin and Mexico's top election court threw out Lopez Obrador's claims of massive fraud,

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