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The State Ministry (deputy, prosecutor’s office) of Guatemala held this Thursday raid of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal, after order on wednesday suspension Seed Pool, who entered the second
The State Ministry (deputy, prosecutor’s office) of Guatemala held this Thursday raid of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal, after order on wednesday suspension Seed Pool, who entered the second presidential round in the Central American country at the hands of his candidate Bernardo Arevalo de Leon.
The raid took place at the organization’s headquarters in downtown Guatemala City, and according to official sources, prosecutors entered the section of the court devoted to political organizations.
The State Department said on Wednesday that a judge had legally barred Semilla from its legal establishment, and minutes later the Supreme Electoral Court confirmed that the party and its candidate were in the runoff along with Former First Lady Sandra Torres.
“The Special Prosecutor’s Office to Combat Impunity is developing search, examination, search and seizure of physical evidence“, the public ministry confirmed this Thursday through its official accounts.
raid causes uncertainty about elections in the Central American countrysince the prosecutor’s office is seeking the removal of Semilla, and the Supreme Electoral Court recognized Torres and Arevalo de Leon as participants in the second round of the elections.
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Charge against Sid
Head of the Special Prosecutor’s Office to Combat Impunity, Rafael Curruchis under US sanctions in 2022 on charges of creating false cases against ex-authorities, the prosecution said in a video message on Wednesday.
Currucis indicated that the charge was related to a case called “Seed Corruption”for allegedly false signatures.
The decision of the public ministry is unprecedented in the context of elections in a Central American country and, according to various public organizations and various sectors, is an attempt at an “electoral coup” similar to a “coup d’état”.
The prosecutor’s office accuses Semilla of alleged illegal election funding and the use of false signatures and therefore the Seventh Criminal Court ordered its suspension.
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The court in question is the same one that was responsible for one of the cases against journalist José Rubén Zamora Marroquín, in prison since July 29, 2022, just five days after the harsh criticism of President Alejandro Giammattei’s inner circle.
Arevalo de Leon managed to reach the second round after unexpectedly get second place in the elections on June 25, behind former first lady Sandra Torres and polls placed him in seventh or eighth place.
The official filing of the results by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal was delayed after the Constitutional Court, the Central American country’s highest court, ruled on July 1 new edition of election protocolswhich took place from 4 to 6 July.
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The electoral process in Guatemala was widely celebrated on the eve of the elections suspension of three candidates with the possibility of winning the election presidential.
Seed was born from demonstrations against corruption recorded in a Central American country in 2015 and this led to the fall of the government of Otto Pérez Molina (2012-2015), who is currently in prison.
(EFE)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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