The elected president of Guatemala, Bernardo Arévalo de León, He assured on Sunday that “great things are coming” in 2024. Just 15 days before his inauguration as president for a period of four years.
The 65-year-old academic expressed this message in his official accounts, also waiting for him to announce his Government Cabinet on January 8. This is made up of the 14 ministries that make up the Executive Body.
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Arévalo de León won the elections this year after beating former first lady Sandra Torres Casanova in a runoff. She beat him by almost a million votes.
However, since he won the elections, Arévalo de León and his party, the Semilla Movement, have been judicially persecuted by the Public Ministry (MP). The leadership, led by Consuelo Porras, received a sanction from the United States under accusations of corruption.
Ending a work session with #TuGabinetean excellent team of women and men prepared and committed to Guatemala, whom you will be able to meet on January 8th.
We continue to prepare every day to work with you and for you since January 14. 🇬🇹 pic.twitter.com/HAWWLDrNih
— Bernardo Arévalo (@BArevalodeLeon) December 30, 2023
The president-elect indicated on September 1 that the attorney general and head of the Public Ministry, Consuelo Porras Argueta, is carrying out “a coup d’état” against him to prevent him from taking office on January 14.
On Saturday, Arévalo de León indicated that he had a meeting with the work team with which he will take office in 15 days, although he did not make public the identity of his next ministers and other officials.
“We have assembled a team of extremely professional men and women, committed to Guatemala and who will give everything for you and your family,” the academic added this Sunday.
Arévalo de León, one of the founders of the Semilla Party, won the elections with an anti-corruption speech, in a country where dozens of local and foreign organizations have warned that the State has been “co-opted” for several years by a group of politicians, current and former officials, military officers, deputies, judges and members of the business elite.
