Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) Guatemala The possibility of a repeat of this year’s presidential elections in the Central American country was ruled out this Friday after prosecutors from the Ministry of State (MP) said that the elections in which an anti-corruption candidate was elected should be annulled. Bernardo Arevalo.

Earlier, two deputy prosecutors stated that They will try to invalidate the results. first round in June, in which Sandra Torres, the former first lady, and Arevalo were the winners.

Arevalo then won the second round in August. Since then, The deputy carried out raids on the offices of Arevalo’s party, Seeds and TSE in their efforts to investigate the election. He also demanded that immunity be lifted from deputies close to the elected president.

“At the moment (…) the deputies and the presidential duo are ready to take office on January 14. At the moment, Under no circumstances is the Supreme Electoral Tribunal going to repeat the elections.“Said TSE President Blanca Alfaro.

“As an ordinary judge and in my personal capacity, I wish to confirm that the results are verified, formalized and immutable“He added at the press conference.

Prosecutors allege irregularities in voter registration before the election and between physical records and results entered into the digital system. The international community sharply criticized the investigation., calling it an attempt to prevent Arevalo from taking power in January. The Organization of American States (OAS) called the attempt by parliamentary prosecutors a “coup d’état.”

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“General Secretariat of the Organization of American States condemns the attempted coup Ministry of State of Guatemala,” the OAS statement said.

“An attempt to nullify this year’s general elections represents the worst form of democratic disintegration and the consolidation of political fraud against the will of the people,” he added.

Recently, four of the five TSE judges they fled the country after losing immunity in connection with this case.

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Measures against Arevalo, his party and TSE sparked protests in various parts of Guatemala and a political crisis that has worsened in recent months.

“Prosecutor Consuelo Porras says that the country was a “victim of a criminal structure”. I agree, but the structure is with her in charge to change the election results and overturn the decision that the Guatemalan people have already made. “Enough is enough,” wrote Juanita Gebertus, Americas director of Human Rights Watch, in X.