Mexico Headed For Civil War?

This is really a very unhealthy situation for any nation. The leftist loser of the Mexican presidential election has proclaimed that he will never accept the electoral victory of his opponent and is setting up his very own government.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's leftist opposition leader said on Sunday he will never recognize his right-wing rival as president and vowed a "radical transformation" of the country by setting up a parallel government.

Mexico's electoral court is almost certain to confirm the ruling party's Felipe Calderon as president-elect this week, but Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador insists he was robbed in the July 2 election.

"We will never accept usurpation nor recognize a president-elect who is illegitimate," the former mayor of Mexico City told a rally of thousands of supporters in the capital's main square.

"We are going for deep change, root change, because that is what Mexico needs," he said. "It is a radical transformation. We are going for the construction of a new country that is fair and honorable."

For more than a month, his leftist supporters have been protesting the election result by occupying the giant Zocalo square, the symbolic center of power in Mexico since Aztec times. They have also taken over a long section of the main Reforma boulevard, paralyzing the city center and causing traffic chaos.

Lopez Obrador did not say how he plans to set up a parallel government but in the past he said his supporters could continue the current street protests for years if necessary. He has also promised to avoid violence.

This is a path to anarchy and destruction. AMLO simply does not care what damage he does to Mexico in his blind lust to be president. One wonders exactly how much cash he is getting from Venezuela right now to cause this unrest on the US border. Mark in Mexico notes that AMLO praised the "lawmakers" who silenced Vicente Fox by blocking his speech. Note that the Mexican government has not tried to stop the leftists. It is only the leftists who believe other's right to speech must be silenced.