Venezuelan Deputies Vote to Respect Mexican Will (Translation)

ElUniversal.com.mx ^ | July 7, 2006 | eluniversal.com (translated by self)

[StJacques]

Election observers exhort the IFE to make an effort in which the final result is clear and reflects the will expressed by the Mexican people.

Venezuelan deputies who acted as observers in the Mexican presidential elections voted today to ask that the irregularities registered in the electoral process are corrected and that the will of the Mexican people expressed at the ballot box is respected.

Luis Camargo, acting as spokesman for the group, indicated to the press that the irregularities committed in the scrutiny of votes are in the public domain in Mexico and originate, in his opinion, in non-automated voting which gives rise to manipulation.

"We call for the process to be clear and [ask] that the electoral authorities make an effort in which the final result reflects the will expressed by the Mexican people," Camargo said in the seat of the National Assembly, in Caracas.

[StJacques]

Well I guess last night's certification of Felipe Calderon as winner of the Mexican presidential elections did not go down very well for Hugo Chavez.

[MNJohnnie]

Vennie Election observers? That almost as absurd as Syria having a seat on the UN Human Rights Comission

[dfwgator]

Hugo can still call on his pal Jimmy Carter to set things right.

[StJacques]

I'm going to translate a few articles off the Mexican and Latin American web sites today on the aftermath of Calderon's election, so I thought I would ping some of you who were in the thread last night.

[livius]

in non-automated voting which gives rise to manipulation

Hah! It prevented them from doing what VZ did, which was simply to reverse the entire lead in the computerized voting. Talk about the nefarious Diebold effect. They were just sorry they couldn't do it in Mexico.

Be that as it may, any election in which the leftist loses is never, by that mere fact, going to be accepted by them as an honest election. They go with the Chavez theory: even if the people don't want me, they should, and therefore they're going to get me. The left always knows what's best for people whether they want it or not.

[Cinnamon]

Chavistas making sure the election is tolen...

[WOSG]

Thank you!

There is no end to the mischief of the leftists. To those who think you can stop them by defeating them in fair elections, look to the example of Bolivia. They will bully their way into power if these could.

[rhombus]

The left always knows what's best for people whether they want it or not.

But of course, they're the enlightened ones, doncha know?

[kesg]

Thanks.

[kesg]

Also, Obragore is going to contest the election. Or at least he apparently announced his intent to do so at a press conference earlier today.

[hispanarepublicana]

Or having Jamaicans judging the ice skating championships...

[BunnySlippers]

Thank you again. Naturally Venezuela WOULD be able to corraborate voter fraud!

[burzum]

The conservatives at Noticiero Digital (more or less the FR equivalent in Venezuela) are going to have a field day with this! Let me check...They are!

Las irregularidades que observaron es que la gente votaba y... elegía! No puede ser, sin manipulaciones, sin las maquinitas ratamatic.

Imagino que eso les parecia toda una "irregularidad".

and

La irregularidad observada consiste en que por la falta de automatización el candidato favorito de Chavez perdió las elecciones.

If you can read Spanish I recommend checking out some of their Mexican elections threads (though I should warn you that sometimes there are other threads that are NSFW).

[StJacques]

"Also, Obragore is going to contest the election. Or at least he apparently announced his intent to do so at a press conference earlier today."

I'm going to get to that in a bit. I don't want to duplicate what will be in the America press, so let me look into it so that I can find something unique to share.

I think we can all take pride that we are among the best-informed people in America as to what is going down in Mexico with this election.

[StJacques]

"If you can read Spanish I recommend checking out some of their Mexican elections threads"

Alright, I do read Spanish so I think I'll do exactly that a little later. I'm going to check some news sites first. Many thanks for the tip and the link.

[hispanarepublicana]

Ve Venezuela "sospechosa" mínima diferencia entre AMLO y Calderón

“Uno de oposición puede ganar por esa diferencia, pero que lo haga uno de gobierno suscita sospechas”, dice el vicepresidente venezolano, José Vicente Rangel

14:05 El vicepresidente de Venezuela, José Vicente Rangel, opinó hoy en relación a las elecciones presidenciales mexicanas que “es sospechoso” que un candidato del gobierno gane por unas décimas. “Eso es aplicable no sólo al caso de México sino a cualquier país”, dijo Rangel a los periodistas al finalizar un homenaje al dirigente izquierdista venezolano Jesús Paz Galarraga. “Que un candidato del gobierno gane por unas décimas mueve a sospecha. Uno de oposición puede ganar por esa diferencia, pero que lo haga uno de gobierno suscita sospechas”, insistió el vicepresidente venezolano.

Venezuela sees minimal difference between Calderon and AMLA as "suspect"

“Someone from the opposition can win by that little, but for an incumbent's candidate to do so is suspicious”, said Venezuelan Vice President, José Vicente Rangel

14:05 The vice-president of Venezuela, Jose Vicente Rangel, said today he thinks the Mexican elections “are suspicious” when a candidate of the incumbent party wins by tenths of a point. “That is applicable not only to the case of Mexico but to any country”, said Rangel to journalists “When a candidate of the government wins by tenths of a point, it's suspect. One of opposition can win by that difference, but if one of the incumbent part does, it provokes suspicions”, the Venezuelan vice-president insisted.

[mjolnir]

Thanks for the ping!

It's great to see the Noticiero Digital site. I had no idea there was anything like FR ANYWHERE in Latin America.

[Enterprise]

Ok thanks. It will be interesting to see the perspective of other Latin Nations.

[RightWingNilla]

I'm going to translate a few articles off the Mexican and Latin American web sites today on the aftermath of Calderon's election, so I thought I would ping some of you who were in the thread last night.

Could you include me on that ping? Hoping the transfer of power goes peacefully to Calderon.

[conservative in nyc]

Venezuela:

A paper trail involving real paper isn't good enough when Chavez' candidate loses.