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Guatemala’s Constitutional Court, the country’s highest court, this Saturday ordered the Supreme Electoral Tribunal to temporarily not to publish the results of the general elections held last Sunday.
Guatemala’s Constitutional Court, the country’s highest court, this Saturday ordered the Supreme Electoral Tribunal to temporarily not to publish the results of the general elections held last Sunday.
In a press release, the Constitutional Court announced its decision to uphold an appeal filed by nine traditional Guatemalan political parties that allege that they fear that the positions will be “reviewed” without revisiting the voting records.
“The Supreme Electoral Tribunal should suspend the qualifications and the official announcement of the results so that by the date set for the second round of the presidential elections (August 20), Everything is properly explained.” the court pointed out.
“It should be noted that this statement must strictly adhere to the deadlinesthis ensures that the change in the exercise of power takes place on the date set in the Political Constitution of the Republic,” reads a press release regarding the change of government, which is due to take place on 14 January.
Suspension, according to experts and analysts, creates a period of uncertainty since, for example, the re-election of 13 magistrates of the Supreme Court and the renewal of the judiciary, one of the three branches of the state, were to be held in 2019, and to date the same officers remain as They should have left their position four years ago.
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The Constitutional Court added in its statement that it hopes its decision “guarantee the democratic will of the citizens” and ordered a new check of the voting protocols
The presidential elections last Sunday were won by former First Lady Sandra Torres, National Unity of Hope (UNE), followed by an academic Bernardo Arevalo de Leonfrom the Social Democratic group “Semilla”, which unexpectedly slipped into the second round after cleaning up urban areas.
Meanwhile Congress stayed with the majority of the official Vamos group, with 39 legislators, followed by UNE (28) and Semilla (23).
The lawsuit filed with the Constitutional Court was filed by nine traditional Guatemalan political parties against the Supreme Electoral Tribunal.
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The document argues that “there is an imminent risk and threat that positions will be awarded in a general election.” without contacting departmental election commissions deficiencies contained in handwritten records, digitized records and, therefore, existing in the conduct of audits of audits at the national level.
Among the political parties that signed the appeal are Torres Casanova’s UNE; Come on, from the incumbent, Alejandro Giammatteiand Valor, from the daughter of coup dictator Efrain Rios Montt, Zuri Rios Sosa.
Torres Casanova herself said at a press conference this Saturday that her party’s intention is to check only a small percentage of voting protocols, while others from the 9 groups proposed that the public ministry (deputy, prosecutor’s office) count the votes.
An unexpected second place in the presidential election on June 25 by the social democratic party Semilla, born out of anti-corruption demonstrations in 2015, may be in danger as several sectors have warned this Friday and Saturday.
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Some of them criticized the fact that the Constitutional Court was involved in the appeal, which allegedly falls within the competence of the judiciary, while others recalled that two of the five magistrates of education were former allies Giammattei and Rios Sosa.
“The operators of the drug-corruption pact demonstrate clear intent to lower the election results because it doesn’t work for them. I no longer undermine democracy!” – said the team “Justice”.
For his part, Arevalo de León stated through his official channels of communication that the will of the people must be respectedand that “we’re going to defend democracy.”
Similarly, on the same Saturday, the European Union election observation mission called on the authorities of the Central American country in their networks “respect the clear will of citizens expressed in the June 25 elections.
The second round of presidential elections in Guatemala for the period 2024-2028 is scheduled for next August 20 between Torres and Arevalo de LeoNo.
(EFE)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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