Voters line up to cast ballots in Mexico's presidential election Sunday at a voting sight on Popocatepetl street in Mexico City's Colonia Condesa.
The runner-up in Mexico?s presidential election announced Thursday that he will officially challenge the contest's results in court after alleging that the results were manipulated by vote-buying.
Andr?s Manuel L?pez Obrador of Mexico?s progressive alliance, which includes the Party of the Democratic Revolution and the Labor Party, finished second to the Institutional Revolutionary Party?s Enrique Pe?a Nieto after the July 1 election. L?pez Obrador?has accused the PRI of buying at least 5 million votes. Pe?a Nieto was declared the winner by about 3.3 million votes, according to Mexico?s Insituto Federal Electoral?s final vote count.
?Because of this ? we can summarize that in free elections, the majority of these citizens would not have voted for Pe?a Nieto,? L?pez Obrador said during a news conference, according to the transcripts of his speech.
L?pez Obrador and his team officially submitted their court petition to Mexican authorities, along with at least 20 containers that they say contain proof of the PRI?s illegal activity, the Associated Press reported Thursday. The electoral court has until September to render a decision on L?pez Obrador?s challenge and decide whether to officially recognize Pe?a Nieto as the winner, the AP reported.
L?pez Obrador, whose narrow loss in the 2006 presidential election led to weeks-long protests in Mexico City, also asked his supporters to remain peaceful throughout the current process.
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