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The Guatemalan judiciary is keeping the results of the presidential election pending

CHIQUIN CRISTINA | Reuters

Experts and former prosecutors warn that the second place won by Social Democrat Bernardo Arévalo against former First Lady Sandra Torres is at risk.

Guatemala’s Constitutional Court, the country’s highest court, has ordered the Supreme Electoral Court not to officially announce the results of the June 25 presidential election until an appeal against alleged irregularities filed by it is concluded nine traditional political parties Guatemala, among them former first lady Sandra Torres and the daughter of coup dictator Efraín Ríos Montt,

The chamber calls for a quick revision of the supervision “so that by the date scheduled for the second round of the presidential elections [20 de agosto]everything is properly cleaned ».

Sandra Torresfrom the National Unity of Hope, he received 15.7% of the vote and in the second round he will face a big surprise on election day, the Social Democrat Bernardo Arevalo, from the Seed Movement, which emerged during anti-government protests in 2015 and received 11.8% support. An invalid vote was the preferred option, garnering 17.4% of the preferences of citizens fed up with the manipulation of their politicians and corruption.

autocratic regime

Various sectors have already demanded respect for the election result and warned that the second place won by Arévalo at the polls is in danger. “That is the problem of the autocratic regime. There are no guarantees that they will honor the result from the same, They only accept them when they serve to legitimize themselves in power,” said political scientist and economist Carlos Mendoza, reports Efe.

In the same sense, former prosecutor Thelma Aldana Cabrera, a figure in the fight against corruption, indicated that the corrupt class seeks to maintain control state despite the election result.

“This is a key moment in history Guatemala, where we decide whether we are a democracy or a kleptodictatorship,” said Guatemalan scientist and billionaire Luis Von Ahn.

«I’m not undermining democracy anymore!”convinced the JusticiaY collective.

Source: La Vozde Galicia

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