President Calderón was deemed by the Federal Electoral Institute to have interfered unduly in the recent election and directly having violated electoral law through broadcasting "electoral propaganda" in TV channels. This brings to mind sour memories regarding Vicente Fox´s brazenly illegal interference in the 2006 election.
(read Luis Carlos Ugalde´s 2008 Así lo viví for a great rundown).
Yet just like with Fox in 2006, IFE also declared it is powerless to sanction Calderón, as the president enjoys virtual "immunity." Yet another pending issue of electoral reform.
More info from El Universal and La Jornada on the topic.
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