In an interview late last week with TIME Correspondent John Moody and Reporters Andrea Dabrowski and Rodman Griffin, Carlos Salinas de Gortari left no doubt that the final figures would cement his claim to the presidency. Excerpts:
On the P.R.I.'s premature claims to victory. The different parties agreed that we could not provide figures until the ((Federal Electoral)) Commission provided them. Nevertheless, ((the P.R.I.)) had a very sophisticated system of information connected to all districts. I wouldn't have claimed victory without ((that)) information.
On the failure of the computerized tabulating system. It's more than a computer problem, because ((the P.R.I.)) had...