El Universal reported that the chamber presented 700 challenges to the TV and Radio Access Regulation today, dealing with election materials. The chamber fears that unless candidates can get access to TV and radio broadcasts, they will be unable to present themselves as viable runners for the presidency, and the election could be considered invalid.
The director of the Access Regulation, Pedro Zamora, said that it would be impossible to comply with Federal Election Institute rules regarding the transmission of political messages.
The validity of the upcoming elections is a hot topic for Mexico. The last elections, held in 2006, were overshadowed by a cloud of illegitimacy when Andrés Manuel López Obrador, candidate for the Party of the Democratic Revolution and his party called for a judicial appeal of Felipe Calderón's election, alleging irregularities in over 30 percent of the nation's polling stations.
This season's candidates will hopefully get the media access they need to effectively campaign and leave no doubt that next year's election will be a fair one.
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