Prensa Latina
Mexico, Aug 14 Por El Bien de Todos coalition asserted on Monday that contrary to the National Action Party (PAN) statement, the partial vote recount favored opposition candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador in 81 percent of the polling booths.
Vote recount in 9.09 percent of the polling bootas, which began on Wednesday and the results of which are expected on Monday, uncovered numerous irregularities, as illegal opening of packages, more or less votes than voters, and altered ballot minutes.
In the recount of 11,839 polling booths, of the total established for the July 2 presidential elections, the Federation´s Judiciary Electoral Tribunal (TEPJF) judges detected a favorable 420,000-vote difference between Lopez Obrador and government Felipe Calderon, according to preliminary reports.
For the Por el Bien de Todos representatives, those data are more than enough for the TEPJF to cancel the polling booths where the errors were detected, because they are not arithmetic inconsistencies, but signs of electoral fraud to favor Calderon.
After the vote recount, contrary to what the PAN members asserted, there was confirmation of the changes in 81 percent of the polling booths, in reference to the results announced by the Federal Electoral Institute on July 6, they asserted.
According to the statistics spread by the coalition, Calderon lost 13,679 votes accredited to him illegally, an overwhelming proof to open and recount all the votes, they said.
The PAN leadership sustains that the recount ratified Calderon´s victory, because the difference found is 500 mere votes between both contestants, and accused Lopez Obrador of trying to violate the constitutional order to become president.
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