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Pic shows: Candidate RAfaela Romo Orozco who was disqualified from participating in elections due to a bureaucratic bungle decided to crucify herself. A candidate who was disqualified from participating in elections due to a bureaucratic bungle decided to crucify herself. Desperate wannabe Rafaela Romo Orozco,47, was supposed to run for a seat in the Legislative Assembly of the Federal District in Mexico. But after gathering enough signatures to support her application and qualify her to run, the National Election Institute banned her because she had forgotten to submit her expenses. Furious Orozco decided to get revenge and crucified herself on a giant 20 foot wooden cross in front of the National Election Institute in Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico City. Wearing no shoes and just a cream undergarment and white leggings, pals lashed her to the cross for two hours. A doctor climbed up and took her blood pressure on several occasions. The amazing stunt caused traffic chaos in the area and afterwards she hit out at the red tape that prevented her representing the 31st constituency of Iztapalapa, one of the Federal District of Mexico City's 16 boroughs. She said: "To us it was a challenge, getting the support signatures, pass all the filters, getting registered and now… I don’t know why they encourage us citizens to run in elections if they don’t actually let us do it. "Participating in elections was not my personal decision. The coordinators of neighbourhoods, transport and local businesses decided I should do this. The people decided and I only accepted. A representative from the National Election Institute advised her to give up her protest and said she can complain about the decision officially at the Federal District Election Tribunal. Local elections are being held in Mexico on June 7. (ends)