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Felipe Calderon Ratified as Winner of the Presidency
in Mexico
Two months after the initial election’s results indicated he had won the presidency by a slight
margin, Felipe Calderon, 44, celebrated his confirmation as president elect the night of September
5, 2006 at his party’s headquarters. After a disputed election’s result, the Federal Electoral Judicial
Tribunal concluded Calderon surpassed runner up Andrés Manuel López Obrador by a difference of
233,831 votes. Calderon will succeed President Vicente Fox, both members of the National Action
Party o PAN, as president, in what will be considered perhaps the most controversial and polarizing
electoral process of modern Mexico. The new president-elect will be inaugurated on December 1st,
amid threats from López Obrador’s party members that they will prevent Calderon from taking
possession. Felipe Calderon’s supporters celebrated his ratification as the winner of the 2006
presidential election. Seven magistrates from Federal Electoral Judicial Tribunal certified the final
election’s result. The announcement was expected but nevertheless angered thousands of López
Obrador’s followers who believed the outcome was engineered by the current administration to
retain power, and to prevent the leftist candidate from becoming president. President Vicente Fox
received president-elect Felipe Calderon at Los Pinos -the official presidential residence- the day
after Calderon was declared winner of Mexico’s presidency. During the electoral process, President
Fox was repeatedly deemed as “traitor to democracy” by López Obrador’s backers. On top of a
problematic national agenda, Calderon will face a hostile group of politicians from the Democratic
Revolutionary Party –Obrador’s party. This significant bloc of lawmakers will potentially be able to
hold up Calderon’s programs and law initiatives. Special Coverage Calderon Profile
in Mexico
Two months after the initial election’s results indicated he had won the presidency by a slight
margin, Felipe Calderon, 44, celebrated his confirmation as president elect the night of September
5, 2006 at his party’s headquarters. After a disputed election’s result, the Federal Electoral Judicial
Tribunal concluded Calderon surpassed runner up Andrés Manuel López Obrador by a difference of
233,831 votes. Calderon will succeed President Vicente Fox, both members of the National Action
Party o PAN, as president, in what will be considered perhaps the most controversial and polarizing
electoral process of modern Mexico. The new president-elect will be inaugurated on December 1st,
amid threats from López Obrador’s party members that they will prevent Calderon from taking
possession. Felipe Calderon’s supporters celebrated his ratification as the winner of the 2006
presidential election. Seven magistrates from Federal Electoral Judicial Tribunal certified the final
election’s result. The announcement was expected but nevertheless angered thousands of López
Obrador’s followers who believed the outcome was engineered by the current administration to
retain power, and to prevent the leftist candidate from becoming president. President Vicente Fox
received president-elect Felipe Calderon at Los Pinos -the official presidential residence- the day
after Calderon was declared winner of Mexico’s presidency. During the electoral process, President
Fox was repeatedly deemed as “traitor to democracy” by López Obrador’s backers. On top of a
problematic national agenda, Calderon will face a hostile group of politicians from the Democratic
Revolutionary Party –Obrador’s party. This significant bloc of lawmakers will potentially be able to
hold up Calderon’s programs and law initiatives. Special Coverage Calderon Profile
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