Friday, February 18, 2011

TEPJF verdict rejects Xóchitl Gálvez' complaint: Hidalgo election to be valid

Finally, the TEPJF, Mexico's highest electoral tribunal, presented a verdict regarding Xóchitl Gálvez' major complaint against the Hidalgo gubernatorial election of July 2010: The tribunal rejected it as unfounded.

While TEPJF has yet to rule on another complaint lodged by Gálvez against winning candidate José Francisco Olvera, this pretty much settles the issue, as it is highly unlikely now that the Hidalgo election will not end in the outcome of Olvera belatedly assuming the governorship.

Specifically, Olvera was accused of a false start - of illegally jump starting his campaign for governor by holding a mass rally in a bullring. Yet the judges ruled that as this was technically only for PRI supporters, it did not amount to actually campaigning. The judges also rejected two more complaints on use of government resources to promote the candidate, and "black propaganda," thought the "false start" complaint was Gálvez' most important card.

Note that Gálvez' political trajectory has hardly come to an end or even slowed down; she will likely be a mayoral candidate in the upcoming Hidalgo state elections. Then, many see her even in Los Pinos.

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