What next for President Calderon?
Are you collecting the history of this election? Will it make a good case study of electoral politics? of legitimization? of democratization? of something else? It looks like we will soon see the next stage. These articles are from the New York Times (if you're not a premium subscriber, the articles will be costly after September 13.)Election Ruling in Mexico Goes to Conservative
"Felipe Calderon, a conservative from President Vicente Fox’s party, was declared Mexico's next president on Tuesday by the nation’s highest electoral court, officially ending a bitterly contested election that has polarized the country.
"Though the decision settled legal challenges to the most contentious election in Mexican history, it did not put an end to the political crisis that has gripped the country since voters went to the polls here on July 2. Mr. Calderón’s first challenge as president will be to defuse the anger of leftists who believe the election was fraudulent..."
(Photo from Calderon's web site.)
Felipe Calderón: A Politician at Birth
"It was more than 30 years ago that a seventh-grade history teacher in Morelia, a quaint colonial city in central Mexico, went around the room surveying the career plans of his 12-year-old pupils.
"There were future doctors, lawyers and teachers in the room; no surprise, as this was the city’s leading school. But one boy — chubby, serious, with a wild mane of hair — announced that day that he wanted to be president of Mexico...
"As of Tuesday, Felipe de Jesús Calderón Hinojosa, 44, was on his way to becoming just that, one of Mexico’s youngest presidents..."
posted by Ken Wedding @ 10:48 AM
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