Mexico City – The leftist who barely lost Mexico’s presidential election criticized President Felipe Calderon’s oil policies, promising unspecified consequences during a rally Sunday aimed at reigniting his government-in-resistance.
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador threatened to rouse the masses if Calderon tries to privatize the state-owned oil industry or open it to foreign investment.
“Zero negotiation. I repeat, zero negotiation with those who carry out policies against the people and hand over the nation’s sovereignty to foreigners,” he told the rally, which drew hundreds of thousands of people.
Lopez Obrador has blamed his defeat on fraud and refused to recognize Calderon – who won the five-way election by a margin of about 230,000 votes – and has mounted his own parallel government with himself as “legitimate president.”
