(10 Dec 2005)
1. Mid shot of PRI (Institutional Revolutionary Party) supporters arriving at political rally
2. Wide shot of Roberto Madrazo banner hanging from building
3. Pan shot from clown playing drum to musicians
4. Mid shot of PRI supporter chanting and singing at rally
5. Mid shot of official PRI presidential candidate Roberto Madrazo greeting people
6. Mid shot of woman waving flag
7. Mid shot of Madrazo with supporters
8. Wide shot of stage
9. Mid shot of Madrazo swearing as official candidate for the PRI in the 2006 presidential race
10. Wide shot of stage at rally
11. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Roberto Madrazo, PRI presidential candidate:
"We have to recognise that Mexico currently faces, like it never has face before, one of the most challenging political scenarios in contemporary history. The country is experiencing serious public security problems... grave problems of public security and obsessive levels of organised crime are taking our nation hostage."
12. Various of PRI supporters
13. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Roberto Madrazo, PRI presidential candidate:
"It will be also during these elections, when millions of Mexicans will reject the neo-populist wager that pretends to govern a country with the ancient recipe of following the will of one man."
14. Wide shot of Madrazo delivering speech during rally
15. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Roberto Madrazo, PRI presidential candidate:
"I have decided to confront the new challenges of our nation through new ways and not through those old recipes that are outdated. Neither neo-liberalism, nor populism!"
16. Mid shot of dancers dressed in traditional costumes
STORYLINE:
Roberto Madrazo officially accepted his nomination as the presidential candidate of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, promising to keep the country's economic and social policies centred and fight against radicalism.
Thousands of supporters wearing red baseball caps crammed the PRI's cavernous headquarters in Mexico D.F. for the first such swearing-in ceremony since 2000, when the party lost the presidency it had held for 71 straight years to President Vicente Fox.
Under Mexican law, presidents can serve only one six-year term.
In his acceptance speech, Madrazo warned of the dangers of radicalism, apparently referring to the race's current front-runner, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, a fiery populist from the Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD).
He also slammed the Fox's administration's inability to push through reforms.
"I have decided to confront the new challenges of our nation through new ways and not through those old recipes that are outdated. Neither neo-liberalism, nor populism," Madrazo said.
But he also railed against the country's inequality, saying "sooner, rather than later, Mexico will have an increasing problem of social unrest."
Madrazo was virtually assured the place after his chief contender, Arturo Montiel, dropped out amid a corruption scandal.
Madrazo, who is running in a coalition with the small Ecologist Green Party, places second in most polls, though some give second place to former Energy Secretary, Felipe Calderon of Fox's conservative National Action Party (PAN).
Perhaps his biggest challenge is to convince Mexicans that his party, known for its autocratic style, corruption, and rigging elections to maintain its decades-long hold on the presidency, has really changed.
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