The alleged distribution of thousands (some say millions) of prepaid retail store cards of Mexican retailer Soriana to Mexican voters by the PRI, Mexico's longtime ruling party, to buy votes for Enrique Peña Nieto, virtual president elect, is known as @SorianaGate, now a tending topic on twitter.
The progressive opposition candidate is legally contesting the results but the electoral court (whose decisions are unappealable) has a track record of narrow interpretation of the election rules.
Now there are some reports that Bodega Aurrera, a store chain catering to low income Mexicans, owned and operated by WalMart, may be involved too.
Mexican progressives need your help. Can you please call WalMart's Bentonville headquarters and ask them to come clean on this matter? If you agree this is important, also please rec (not sure if this is inappropriate protocol and it's certainly not my style but the matter is important and time of the essence). Thanks.
WalMart contact details webpage link:
http://www.walmartstores.com/...
I wrote the following question:
Is WalMart involved in any way in the distribution of prepaid retail cards to individuals in Mexico by the Partido Rvolucionario Institucional (PRI) or by any of the governments of any Mexican State governed by the PRI in the weeks and months ahead of the recent Mexican Federal Elections?
2:44 PM PT: UPDATE 1
here is a link to a video on YouTube taken at a WalMart Bodega Aurrera two days ago. There are very long lines which the guard at the entrance explains are due to the fact that the PRI gave 1,000 pesos cards to each family (75 dollars).
http://www.youtube.com/...