Reply #18: MEXICO: Mexican leftist accuses business groups of conspiring against his

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San Diego Union Tribune

By Mark Stevenson
ASSOCIATED PRESS
7:14 a.m. July 14, 2006
MEXICO CITY – Leftist presidential hopeful Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador accused Mexican businesses of conspiring against his candidacy and of running advertisements during the election campaign to undermine him with both overt and subliminal messages.
Lopez Obrador also said Thursday that electoral officials were trying to fix vote counts and he claimed there was enough fraud to annul the July 2 presidential election, which the official tally showed ruling party candidate Felipe Calderon won by a narrow 0.6 percent margin.

Asked if it was sufficient fraud to annul the elections, Lopez Obrador answered, “Clearly it is, but we don't want that. Clearly, there is more than enough evidence to indicate they violated constitutional principles.”
The former Mexico City mayor – who has called on his supporters across Mexico to head to the capital for a massive rally Sunday – claimed that business groups, a juice company and a potato-chip maker had mounted a shadowy, subliminal ad campaign against him.

As has been his daily habit of late, Lopez Obrador on Thursday showed reporters videotapes he claimed showed evidence of election irregularities, including ads that aired prior to the elections.

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