MEXICO CITY (AP) - Leftist candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Sunday he was digging in for a long battle to ensure his ruling-party rival is not declared the winner of presidential elections, calling on supporters to demonstrate in front of the court that ruled against his demand for a full recount.| Because mass action is better than obeying the law. |
The former Mexico City mayor said that he would continue to demand a full recount in the presidential race, despite the Federal Electoral Tribunal's decision Saturday in favor of a partial recount. Electoral officials across the nation will begin sifting through ballots from 9 percent of the nation's 130,000 polling places on Wednesday, wrapping up their work by the weekend. An official count from the July 2 vote found that conservative Felipe Calderon of President Vicente Fox's National Action Party beat Lopez Obrador by less than 0.6 percent, or about 240,000 votes.