The Constitutional Court of Guatemala ruled repeat the elections of the Congress Board of Directors, led by Samuel Perez of the ruling Semilla movement, after several hours of delay due to the decision to declare the party’s deputies independent.

“This court has granted temporary protection It follows from the fact that in the actions taken to conduct the election of the Board of Directors of the Legislative Assembly of the Tenth Congress, the principle of legality and, at the same time, constitutional supremacy is observed, principles to which this Court has also timely referred to in order to guarantee the effective installation of this legislative body “, the statement says.

For this reason, the justices stated that Congress, “based on principles of legality and constitutional supremacy,” must “immediately redirect your actionsadapting it to the rules that govern it, regarding the qualifications that deputies must meet in order to hold positions” in the Council of Congress.

Perez became president of the Congress this Sunday, winning 92 deputies for 160 seats, despite the fact that his party has only 23 legislators. The deputy’s option came in second place with 75 votes Sandra Jovel, who filed an appeal to the Constitutional Court emphasizing that the Semilla members did not have their own bench.

By decision of the highest court of Guatemala Jovel welcomed the decision and said “the rule of law prevails.” “We will make sure it stays that way,” he said on his profile on the social networking site X, formerly known as Twitter.

Men of Congress They overturned the suspension of the Semillus movement by a vote of 93 in favor and 66 against. after a busy day in which the formation of the Chamber was delayed for several hours, postponing the inauguration of Bernardo Arévalo, which was affected by boycott attempts by the political and judicial class, causing international concern.

However, the court confirmed the inauguration of Arevalo and his “number two” Karin Herrera, “to protect the alternation in the exercise of power,” since it was Perez, as President of the Congress, who assumed office as the new President and Vice President.

(Europe Press)