As I’ve kept tabs on the post-presidential-election uncertainties in Mexico, I’ve wondered if the loser would have demanded recounts and staged protests if he would have been on the other side of the super-close margin.
My conclusion has been, “Of course not.”
This morning I see this developing story:
| Mexico’s main leftist party was ahead by a hair on Monday in a governor’s election in the largely Maya Indian state of Chiapas, adding to tension over a fiercely contested July 2 presidential vote.
Juan Sabines of the left-wing Party of the Democratic Revolution, or PRD, had 48.43 percent of the vote with votes in from 93 percent of polling stations, a lead of just 0.29 percentage points over his main rival, according to state electoral authorities. A hefty 5 percent of ballot box returns had irregularities, meaning the final result will likely be challenged. Chiapas has a long history of political violence and is home to Zapatista rebels who took up arms in 1994. The PRD’s presidential candidate, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, cried fraud after narrowly losing the July 2 election and has led weeks of protests that have raised tension in the country and brought chaos to the center of Mexico City. |
What a super-super-skinny lead for Lopez Obrador’s man!
The tables have been reversed!
Good deal. Now Mr. Obrador can get double mileage from his rants, lawsuits, and protests. He can carry on about his narrow loss in the presidential election and he can carry on about his man’s narrow win in the gubernatorial election.
Yeah. Sure.
Oh the humanity!