Losers Block Mexican Treasury Department
Supporters of the leftist loser candidate in the Mexican election today blocked the Mexican Treasury Department and continued their attempt to destroy the Mexican economy in order to save it for their candidate. Meanwhile, somebody is starting to get a teeny bit curious about how funds were spent by all of the parties that fielded candidates in the election. The Federal Electoral Institute levied about $6.7 million in fines against all the parties, but almost half was against AMLO's party.
The Federal Electoral Institute levied about $6.7 million in fines on all five parties that fielded candidates, citing errors or irregularities in their 2005 financial reports. Lopez Obrador's Democratic Revolution Party got the biggest penalty, $2.9 million, while the ruling National Action Party was fined $1.2 million.
Electoral official Andres Albo Marquez said the fines reflected the number and seriousness of the parties' violations. Officials said without elaborating that they found the reports lacked details on how campaign funds were spent.
Continuing a wave of protests against alleged electoral fraud, dozens of Lopez Obrador supporters blocked the Treasury Department as well as entrances to the main offices of three foreign-owned banks here, chanting "Vote by vote!" and "Long live democracy!"
Aides also called for activists to demonstrate outside the attorney general's office.
The former Mexico City mayor is demanding a recount of all 41 million ballots from the July 2 election, instead of the partial recount of about 9 percent of the polling booths that officials began Wednesday.
Initial election results gave conservative National Action Party candidate Felipe Calderon a 240,000-vote lead over Lopez Obrador. That's less than a 0.6 percent margin.
Lopez Obrador's supporters have vowed to continue protests until their demands are met.
So, who's funding these protests and who will be paying that fine?
World news | Gaius Thursday, 10 August , 2006
By syn, Thursday, 10 August , 2006 @ 2:26 pm
It’s Florida 2000 all over again; same mob rule mentality by the emotionally insane mobsters.