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Government of Mexico through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE), celebrated decision of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal of Guatemala to publish the results of the presidential elections on
Government of Mexico through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE), celebrated decision of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal of Guatemala to publish the results of the presidential elections on June 25after which Sandra Torres of the National Unity Party of Hope and Bernardo Arevalo of Movimiento Semilla advanced to the second round of elections.
“Mexico wishes the people and government of Guatemala the greatest success in the ongoing electoral process, and is willing to work with whoever wins to further strengthen the bilateral relationship,” SRE tweeted.
This message comes just as Guatemala is experiencing one of its politically charged moments present century.
The Mexican government is satisfied with the decision of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal of Guatemala to publish the results of the presidential elections on June 25, in which Sandra Torres and Bernardo Arevalo advanced to the second round.
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– International Relations (@SRE_mx) July 13, 2023
Last Wednesday, the Guatemalan Ministry of State announced that The court allowed the suspension of the legal personality of the Semilla party.or an alleged case of corruption.
Prosecutor of the State Ministry of Guatemala, Rafael Curruchis– under US sanctions in 2022 for creating false cases against former authorities – said the decision was linked to a case called “Seed Spoilage” for allegedly false signatures.
However, a few minutes later, the country’s Supreme Electoral Court confirmed that the Semilla Party and the National Unity of Hopea – the parties that made it to the second round of elections in which the post of president will be determined.
This Thursday, an unusual raid was carried out at the Supreme Electoral Tribunal, State ministry (deputy, prosecutor’s office). With which this body has further opened the way to uncertainty, with the risk of total waste of the rule of law, according to some experts.
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“The country is in clear situation with the coupwe must not use euphemisms,” lawyer and former president of the Center for the Defense of the Constitution, Alejandro Balcells, assured this Thursday in statements to media radio.
Likewise the media Time published an editorial on Thursday morning in which he recalled that “the reaction of the population, organized entrepreneurs and the international community was clear and categorical in abandoning this new maneuver, which is a crude coup d’état.”
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The June 25 elections were won by former First Lady Sandra Torres Casanova, National Unity of Hope (UNE), as stated in all polls.
However, second place went to academic Bernardo Arevalo de Leon, social democratic group “Semilla”, which polls attributed to seventh or eighth place.
Since then, Semilla members have been warning that they will come intentions to stop his candidacywith whom he does not count “Testament of Corruption” it was the name given to a group of politicians, businessmen, military men, and alleged drug dealers who, in the group’s opinion, “co-opted the state”.
(According to information from EFE)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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