More than one million people respond to Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s call

MEXICO.—Presidential candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador called yesterday for civil resistance in defense of democracy in Mexico and the legitimacy of the July 2 elections, according to various news agencies.

Addressing a crowd estimated by the police at 1.1 million individuals and by the organizers 1.5 million, López Obrador proposed to turn this protest into actions starting this week, after exposing the fraud.

López Obrador sympathizers and party members, mostly wearing yellow, the PRD color, marched for several kilometers from around 10:40 in the morning until 4:00 pm shouting "Vote by vote, polling both by polling both" and with banners reading ‘No to the damn fraud’ in one of the largest manifestations to ever occur in this country’s history.

Despite the near total silence of the mass media, which ignored the march, the mobilization was so large that more than 10 video screens were placed along the wide Avenida Reforma, one of the most important of Mexico City, so that those unable to reach the Zócalo could see the event and hear López Obrador’s words.

During the event in Constitution Plaza in DF, popularly known as the Zócalo, the presidential candidate announced that he would put together a citizens’ committee to define the actions to be organized.

One measure proposed by the politician was to reinforce the citizens’ camps outside the country’s 300 electoral districts, where the ballots are being safeguarded.

Another measure announced was a celebration of the Third Informative Assembly on July 30 with a march similar to this Sunday’s from the Anthropology and History Museum, 5-plus kilometers from the Zócalo.

In his speech, López Obrador denounced the numerous alterations of polling table results to reduce votes in his favor and to add 100-200 to the PAN candidate Felipe Calderón.

López Obrador reiterated the demand for a count, vote by vote, polling both by polling both, one of the slogans most heard during the demonstration and protest.