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Viewing cable 06MEXICO4368, ELECTORAL TRIBUNAL CALLS FOR PARTIAL RECOUNT

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06MEXICO4368 2006-08-07 18:11 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Mexico
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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 MEXICO 004368 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV PREL PINR MX
SUBJECT: ELECTORAL TRIBUNAL CALLS FOR PARTIAL RECOUNT 
 
REF: MEXICO 3422 
 
1.  (SBU) Summary:  In a unanimous August 5 decision, 
Mexico's Electoral Tribunal (TEPJF) rejected the Democratic 
Revolutionary Party's (PRD) request for a complete, 
nationwide recount of the results of the July 2 presidential 
election, ordering instead a recount in the 11,839 precincts 
(casillas) in which it found the PRD's impugnations to meet 
the statutory criteria for a recount.  This partial recount 
is to begin on August 9 and must be completed within five 
days.  As expected, PRD presidential candidate Andres Manuel 
Lopez Obrador (AMLO) immediately rejected the TEPJF's 
decision, and invited his supporters to an "informational 
meeting" to be held August 7 outside the TEPJF headquarters. 
Although the TEPJF's decision brings the determination of the 
final election result one step closer, AMLO's initial 
response indicates we may be no closer to a resolution of the 
political stand-off surrounding the results.  End summary. 
. 
 
Tribunal Sticks to the Law 
-------------------------- 
 
2.  (U) In an August 5 decision approved by all seven 
magistrates, the TEPJF rejected the PRD's request for a 
nationwide recount, ordering instead a limited recount in 
11,839 of the precincts impugned by the PRD, those in which 
the TEPJF found that the legal standard for a recount was 
met.  The 11,839 precincts subject to the recount are spread 
among 149 of Mexico's 300 electoral districts and 26 of its 
32 states (including the Federal District), and they are 
concentrated in districts won by Felipe Calderon.  The 
precincts selected for recount were those in which the PRD 
demonstrated obvious errors in the original count.  They did 
not include districts in which the PRD alleged irregularities 
unrelated to the vote count, such as the allegedly improper 
substitution of poll workers and the alleged exclusion of PRD 
representatives from certain polling places.  The TEPJF 
ordered the recount to begin on August 9 and to be completed 
within a span of five days.  It will be conducted by IFE 
district officials in the IFE's corresponding 149 district 
offices, although federal judicial officials will supervise 
the recount in each district.  Each political party is 
permitted to send one representative to observe the recount 
in each district. 
 
3.  (U) In rejecting the PRD's request for a nationwide 
recount, the TEPJF observed that the PRD did not specifically 
impugn every election district or precinct.  It ruled that a 
complainant must specifically impugn all precincts or 
districts for the TEPJF to be able to consider ordering a 
nationwide recount. Where a complainant fails to impugn the 
results in a particular electoral district or precinct, the 
count in that jurisdiction is considered final and not 
subject to recount.  It rejected the PRD's argument that 
alleged irregularities in the count in one precinct could 
call into question the count in other precincts.  The TEPJF 
also dismissed as irrelevant to the issue of a recount many 
of the specific grounds cited by the PRD in its complaint, 
including the alleged interference of President Fox in the 
campaign, the alleged misuse of GOM social programs for 
political ends, and excessive campaign spending, among 
others, noting that there was no causal relationship between 
those factors and possible irregularities in the vote count. 
. 
 
Tribunal President Defends Electoral System 
------------------------------------------- 
 
4.  (U) Before asking for a vote on his proposed decision, 
TEPJF President Leonel Castillo launched into an impassioned 
defense of the credibility of Mexico's federal electoral 
system.  Responding to the PRD's argument that the results of 
the election failed to fulfill the constitutional principle 
of "certainty," Castillo argued that the Mexican electoral 
code contemplates that such certainty is guaranteed by having 
the votes counted by randomly selected and trained citizens. 
Gesticulating emphatically, he added that the electoral code 
incorporates numerous overlapping safeguards -- including the 
right of political parties to observe every step of the 
voting and vote counting process -- to ensure the certainty 
and transparency of the results. 
. 
 
PRD Legal Team Storms Out of Courtroom 
-------------------------------------- 
 
MEXICO 00004368  002 OF 002 
 
 
 
5.  (U) As the TEPJF Secretary General read the first part of 
the proposed decision, in which the TEPJF rejected the PRD's 
arguments in favor of a complete recount, PRD legal advisor 
Ricardo Monreal shook his head in disagreement.  As soon as 
the Secretary General read the portion of the decision in 
which the TEPJF rejected a nationwide recount, Monreal and 
PRD Senator-elect Arturo Nunez defiantly left the courtroom. 
Shortly thereafter, the sounds of car horns and chanting 
protesters could be heard outside the courtroom.  Once the 
two hour hearing ended, the approximately 100 protesters 
outside the TEPJF grew even louder, accusing the magistrates 
of having been bought off. Out of concern for their safety, 
security guards prevented observers (including poloff) from 
leaving the TEPJF compound for approximately 40 minutes, 
until the protesters announced that they did not intend to 
trap observers inside, and that they would permit them to 
leave unmolested. 
. 
 
AMLO Rejects Decision, Calls for Protests to Continue 
--------------------------------------------- -------- 
 
6.  (U) Later on August 5, AMLO told his supporters assembled 
in the Zocalo that he rejected the TEPJF's decision, which he 
characterized as "narrow," "legally weak," and "lacking 
sufficient and decent argumentation."  He called for his 
supporters to continue their "peaceful civil disobedience." 
In remarks to his supporters on August 6, he announced that 
he would hold an "informative meeting" outside the TEPJF's 
headquarters on Monday, August 7.  Other AMLO supporters 
announced they would start sending protesters to all of 
President Fox's public events, to urge a nationwide recount. 
In contrast, the PAN announced that it accepted the TEPJF's 
decision, as did the PRI and Patricia Mercado's Social 
Democratic and Peasant Alternative Party. 
. 
 
Comment:  TEPJF Resists Public Pressure 
--------------------------------------- 
 
7.  (SBU) In rejecting the PRD's request for a nationwide 
recount and ordering a partial recount only in those 
precincts specifically and effectively impugned by the PRD, 
the TEPJF demonstrated its determination to apply the 
electoral code strictly, and to resist public pressure.  The 
unanimous nature of the decision should strengthen its 
credibility in the eyes of the mainstream public and appears 
intended to reassert the integrity of Mexico's electoral 
system.  Presiding Magistrate Castillo's closing remarks 
confirmed our impression that the PRD failed to assemble a 
well-documented case and did not offer proof of 
irregularities in the great majority of precincts. 
Accordingly, we cannot help but conclude that the PRD has 
focused far more effort in convincing its supporters, rather 
than the TEPJF, of the rightness of its cause.  As a result, 
AMLO's distrust of government institutions appears to have 
become a self-fulfilling prophecy. 
 
 
Visit Mexico City's Classified Web Site at 
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/wha/mexicocity 
 
GARZA