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President of Guatemala Alejandro Giammatteiassured that he would honor his constitutional term and, in turn, asked that the date of the second round of elections be respected. In
President of Guatemala Alejandro Giammatteiassured that he would honor his constitutional term and, in turn, asked that the date of the second round of elections be respected.
In a statement released on July 10, he assured that there disinformation campaign against him “with the intention of causing confusion and destabilization”.
In his letter, he urged Guatemalans not to be surprised.
“Given this campaign of disinformation and gossip absolutely false and tendentious, thereby demonstrating to you that, with respect for the Political Constitution of the Republic of Guatemala and the constitutional term for which I was democratically elected, my constitutional period expires January 14, 2024, a non-renewable deadline that I will respect, as I swore to do when I took office and as part of strengthening our democracy and constitutional rule of law,” the statement said.
He Supreme Electoral Court of Guatemala announced on Monday that the deadlines agreed for the electoral process, including for voting for the presidency, are being met.
“The second round will take place on August 20, because that is the date that we indicated in the decree on the conduct of the elections,” Judge Gabriel Aguilera said during a press conference organized at the headquarters of the electoral tribunal.
electoral magistrates They clarified that they are waiting for the completion of some internal processes in order to publish the results of the first round of elections held on 25 June.
election results They have been suspended since July 1 after the Constitutional Court, Guatemala’s highest court, issued a controversial resolution that paved the way for a re-examination of the results.
Now the process has stalled because the President Supreme CourtSilvia Valdes, requested information to verify the correctness of the verification of the results of the elections.
The electoral authorities say they must wait for the decision of the Supreme Court for the results of the June 25 elections to become official.
in the specified collation of votes there were no changes that would change the results obtained and the procedure carried out by the prosecutors political parties and electoral commissions, was approved by the electoral court.
“Elections are won or lost at the polling stations,” added Irma Palencia, President of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal, when asked about the doubts that existed in the process.
results first round In the June 25 elections, former First Lady Sandra Torres Casanova of the National United Hope (UNE) was placed in first place, with academic Bernardo Arevalo de León of the Seed Movement in second place.
Torres Casanova and Arevalo De Leon are due to vote for the presidency for the period 2024-2028 on August 20.
With EFE information
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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