Guatemalan prosecutors raid the Electoral Tribunal after the elections
September 29, 2023
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The prosecutor’s office (prosecutor’s office) conducted a raid at the headquarters Supreme Electoral Tribunal in a pending case, with prosecutor Rafael Curruches accusing the Organization of American States
The prosecutor’s office (prosecutor’s office) conducted a raid at the headquarters Supreme Electoral Tribunal in a pending case, with prosecutor Rafael Curruches accusing the Organization of American States (OAS) of “tarnishing” democracy in the Central American country.
“This is an operation This is part of a confidential investigation.which seeks to save the democracy of the country that suffered from the OAS,” Kurruchish assured journalists during the operation.
This is the fourth raid that prosecutors have carried out on the electoral court building in the past two months. alleged anomalies in the electoral processwhere the progressive Bernardo Arevalo de Leon was elected.
The representative of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal assured: EFE What Prosecutors requested information about election records first and second round of elections.
The prosecutor’s office remains in place, and the headquarters is cordoned off and guarded by dozens of police.
Rafael Curruches
Prosecutor Curruchich said that he could not disclose the details of the case because it is confidential, but assured that The raid is not directly related to Arevalo de Leon. or with the leaders of his party, the Semilla Movement.
According to the prosecutor’s office, the OAS, together with the European Union and “other foreign entities” interfered in the electoral process.
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“More than a thousand people have filed complaints about the election process,” Curruchis said.
Last week, the OAS assured that the Guatemalan prosecutor’s office made unfounded accusations against the Semilla party, and Secretary General Luis Almagro demanded an end to the persecution of Arevalo de Leon.
On August 20, the progressive Arevalo de Leon unexpectedly became president of Guatemala with 2.5 million votes. beating his opponent by 21 pointstraditional politician Sandra Torres Casanova.
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In early September, the president-elect said that Guatemalan prosecutors were leading a “coup d’état” attempt to don’t let him take over next one is January 14th.
Arevalo de Leon will become the Central American country’s first social democratic president in 70 years. (EFE)
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