Refusal ti admit defeat - the left's signature tactic

The Left's signature tactic

Obrador rejects Mexico election defeat Mexico faces a plunge into political chaos after a senior aide to Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said that the Left-wing former mayor of Mexico City will set up a "resistance government" and declare himself president, despite being declared the loser of July's election.   Mr Lopez Obrador's campaign refuses to acknowledge defeat, and has set up sprawling protest camps in Mexico City's main square. <snip> In fact, the last time a candidate refused to admit defeat was in 1913, in the middle of the Mexican revolution – and it led to civil war. "We aren't talking about a parallel government, we are talking about a legitimate government," said Mr Norona. "We are talking about assuming the responsibilities of the presidency and the government in a legitimate fashion with the backing of the people." <snip> The United States will be nervously watching developments south of its border, fearful that Mr Lopez Obrador's campaign to bring down the government will hurt Mexico's economy, and drastically increase the flow of illegal migrants heading north. "If the situation gets worse, immigration could become an  exodus," said Denise Dresser, a Mexican political scientist. Immigration  to Mexico would be a blessing,  it's your emigration that worries us Ms. Dresser.