The political party Prosperidad Ciudadana will compete in the 2023 elections, but it will not do so with the presidential candidate Carlos Pineda. This decision was made by the Fifth Chamber of the Administrative Litigation, which was initially charged with preventing Pineda’s candidacy.
This room provisionally protected the Citizen Prosperity party and allowed the participation of candidates for deputies from 11 districts, added to candidates for mayors. This information was reported by the general secretary of the political group.
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The Citizen Prosperity party, through a press conference, reported this Friday that candidates for deputies from 11 departments will be able to participate in the 2023 general elections, in addition to candidates for mayors. The departments are: Alta Verapaz, Jutiapa, Totonicapán, Sacatepéquez, Izabal, Guatemala, Santa Rosa, Chimaltenango, Escuintla, Quetzaltenango and Huehuetenango.
With this, Carlos Pineda was left out as a candidate for the presidency.
CC leaves out Carlos Pineda
On May 26, the Constitutional Court Guatemala, the country’s highest court, rejected this appeal by businessman Carlos Pineda to participate in the presidential elections on June 25.
The court’s decision was disclosed this Friday by the entity and with it, Pineda, leader of the presidential polls, is out of contention, since there are no more possible legal resources to file.
The highest Guatemalan court indicated in its opinion that the appeal is “without place” and, therefore, eliminates the candidacy of the Prosperidad Ciudadana party.
The legal appeal had been personally requested by Pineda before the Constitutional Court, the highest court of Guatemala, on May 20, accompanied by more than 2,000 followers in front of the entity’s facilities, in the center of the country’s capital. central american.
