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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (294558)	7/12/2006 9:48:29 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Respond to of 1585065

Leftist's supporters stream into Mexican capital By Frank Jack Daniel 1 hour, 4 minutes ago MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Thousands of Mexicans streamed into the capital on Wednesday, riding horses, walking and packed into trucks to defend an anti-poverty crusader's claim that he was cheated out of an election that has polarized the country. The marchers, numbering at least 10,000, walked in separate groups from around Mexico City to its central square and said they would not back down until electoral authorities accept leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador won the July 2 vote. Official results show conservative Felipe Calderon won the election by 0.58 of a percentage point but Lopez Obrador has cried fraud and an electoral court now has until the start of September to decide who is the next president. "I won the presidential election, I am more and more sure of that," Lopez Obrador said on Wednesday at a news conference where he played video footage he said showed polling stations where Calderon's votes were overcounted. Lopez Obrador believes a nationwide vote-by-vote recount is the only way to settle doubts. The leftist has called his supporters from around the country to start gathering in the capital from Wednesday ahead of a huge march on Sunday to the Zocalo, one of the world's largest municipal squares. His party estimated that 40,000-50,000 supporters were on the move ahead of the rally. Waving large red, white and green Mexican flags, a dozen horse-riders in cowboy hats led about 100 supporters in packed trucks and on foot into the capital from the edge of the city, drawing cheers and honks from passing motorists. "Andres Manuel won the election and they want to impose someone else -- we've had enough of fraudsters. We won't let the other one take office," protester Gloria Moran, 78, said from behind a pair of pink-tinted glasses. The weekend demonstration will go down a central avenue, past international hotels and the U.S. embassy. STOCK CONCERNS Calderon has already formed a team to oversee a smooth transition of power from fellow conservative President Vicente Fox. Calderon denies fraud and says a vote-by-vote recount is not legally possible in Mexico. He urged the country on Tuesday to stay calm and warned his rival not to provoke violence. Many Mexicans, as well as foreign investors, worry Lopez Obrador will not be able to control protests in his favor once he has called people onto the streets. The Mexican stock market has been volatile since election day, with investors lurching between confidence that business-friendly Calderon will be made president and concerns about prolonged political instability. On Wednesday, stocks closed down 0.77 percent. Despite a string of allegations by the leftist over irregularities in the vote count, campaign overspends and pro-Calderon bias among electoral authorities, the election was ruled free and fair by European Union observers. Even so, many Mexicans are sensitive to suggestions of fraud, following generations of vote rigging under the Institutional Revolutionary Party, which ruled the country for 71 years until knocked from power by President Vicente Fox in 2001. Surveys carried out by Calderon's National Action Party showed that as many as 30 percent of Mexicans believe the election was fraudulent, party aides said. More than 100,000 people turned out in the Zocalo last weekend to back Lopez Obrador, who was the capital's popular mayor until running for president. (With additional reporting by Jorge Silva)