Mexico's president-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador holds a news conference at the campaign headquarters in Mexico City, Mexico, July 14, 2018. REUTERS/Gustavo Graf
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's political party said on Wednesday it would appeal a $10 million (£7.66 million) fine from the National Electoral Institute (INE) for breaking campaign finance rules.
INE voted 10-1 in favour of fining the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) 197 million pesos, the largest penalty of the election season that concluded with a presidential landslide for leftist Lopez Obrador and a majority for his party in Congress.
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