The Origins and Rationality of the “Legal versus Legitimate” Dichotomy Invoked in Mexico's 2006 Post-Electoral Conflict
Months after Mexico's independent electoral institute had validated the July 2, 2006, presidential elections, and weeks after the autonomous electoral court had certified National Action Party (PAN) candidate Felipe Calderón as president, runner-up Andrés Manuel López Obrador continued to cry f...
Saved in:
Published in | PS, political science & politics Vol. 40; no. 1; pp. 39 - 43 |
---|---|
Main Author | |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
New York, USA
Cambridge University Press
01.01.2007
|
Subjects | |
Online Access | Get full text |
Cover
Loading…
Summary: | Months after Mexico's independent electoral institute had
validated the July 2, 2006, presidential elections, and weeks after the
autonomous electoral court had certified National Action Party (PAN)
candidate Felipe Calderón as president, runner-up Andrés
Manuel López Obrador continued to cry foul. Days before the
court's final September 5 ruling, López Obrador (known widely
as “AMLO”), representing the Party of the Democratic
Revolution (PRD) and the Coalition for the Good of All, decided to disband
the mobilizations blocking some of Mexico City's main transportation
arteries, but to continue protesting indefinitely, and to name a
“shadow cabinet,” to press Calderón. López
Obrador lost the election by a hair (a mere 233,831 votes, out of over
41,700,000 cast—the final certified number after electoral court
rulings), but he did lose, and in a “free and fair” contest
organized by one of the world's more respected electoral
institutions. |
---|---|
Bibliography: | PII:S1049096507070072 istex:0D4A38A980DE51D9A528450ADA9431FF7334A923 ark:/67375/6GQ-QGTCS467-W ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
ISSN: | 1049-0965 1537-5935 |
DOI: | 10.1017/S1049096507070072 |