Mexico runner-up demands presidential vote recount
- Published: 4 Jul 2012 at 03.48
- Online news: World
The runner-up in Mexico's presidential vote demanded a full recount of Sunday's balloting, raising fears he could lead disruptive mass protests like he did six years ago.
Supporters of the runner up in Mexico's presidential vote, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, protest the election results on July 3, in Mexico City. Lopez Obrador demanded a full recount of Sunday's balloting, raising fears he could lead disruptive mass protests like he did six years ago.
"There is no doubt that there was not a fair and transparent election," said leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, accusing the rival Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) and its candidate Enrique Pena Nieto of having bought "millions of votes."
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