01/14/2024 The new Congress of Guatemala constituted after several hours of delay. The elected president of Guatemala, Bernardo Arévalo, and his ‘number two’, Karin Herrera, have traveled to the National Theater for his investiture after the constitution of the Guatemalan Congress, which has been delayed several hours than expected and has left the deputies of his party, the Semilla Movement, without a bench, having to assume their positions as independents. INTERNATIONAL POLITICS CONGRESS OF GUATEMALA
The elected president of Guatemala, Bernardo Arévalo, and his ‘number two’, Karin Herrera, have traveled to the National Theater for his investiture after the constitution of the Guatemalan Congress, which has been delayed several hours than expected and has left the deputies of his party, the Semilla Movement, without a bench, having to assume their positions as independents. “I’m already here in the theater, waiting for the Congress that has been so delayed to finish its things,” Arévalo declared through a video published on his profile on the social network X, formerly known as Twitter. Herrera, for his part, has asked the population for “a little patience” in the face of the delay in the investiture process: “But that should not rob us of hope, so we hope that you will continue to accompany us in this new chapter of history. belongs,” he stated. The solemn session of constitution of the Guatemalan unicameral Congress was suspended for several hours and the Constitutional Court gave it a period of one hour to inform it about the process. Subsequently, he approved the inauguration of the X Legislature 2024-2028 with 83 votes in favor and 26 against. After that, the new 160 deputies have been sworn in, although those from the Semilla Movement have assumed their positions as independents, so they cannot be part of the Congress Board, called the Board of Directors, which has to be elected at this time. In this first session of the new legislature, tension has been generated in the chamber, when debating who will be part of said board of directors. The delay in the Legislative Assembly has caused concern to the international community, the delegations that have come to the country for the inauguration of Arévalo have signed a joint declaration in which they asked the Guatemalan Congress to comply with its constitutional mandate to “deliver the power” to the president, while the UN has stated that it “closely follows the evolution” of the presidential transition.
2024-01-15 03:37:21
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