The sun rose. All over the county people went to work and school, it was business as usual. On the surface, Mexico appears the same, but the unresolved election has Mexicans fear possible social unrest by the outcome of the Electoral Court.
Many are anxious that the transfer of power in Mexico would suffer because of the legal disputes between the left parties and the Institutional Revolution Party, or PRI, regarding last presidential elections. Rather, they believed the flaws on the democratic system and the media dishonorable attitude would prevail.
Mexicans who don't support Peña Nieto have set social media abuzz with claims that all powerful television network Televisa, is the one real power behind the throne. That Televisa serves as "de facto" leader, setting policy through influence and manipulation. Mexico's "Yo soy 132" student movement, sprang a couple of months before the election, thanks to Twitter and Facebook, lead in to marches all over the county. In their statements they said that have no trust on the Federal Electoral Institute or any political parties. In the movement political positions statement last June they said: "We oppose the imposition of any candidate self-selected by the media, as well as biased reporting, especially on the part of the mayor TV networks of this country."
In the international scene, the TV Network has taken a lot of heat lately, in part because the British newspaper the Guardian have been covering the story of corruption, and of alleged unethical relationship between Televisa and Peña Nieto`s presidential campaign.
Many political analysts find inevitable that the PRI regain the power it had held from 1929 to 2000, even if students on the streets say that Mexican presidential election was unfair. For now, leftist candidate Lopez Obrador supporters remain vigilant, watching and waiting.
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