Por Giorgio Trucchi
Sources: IUF Rel
While the Supreme Electoral Tribunal announced the preliminary final results of the June 25 elections, confirming Sandra Torres (UNE) and Bernardo Arévalo (Movimiento Semilla) as opponents of the ballot, the Special Prosecutor’s Office against Impunity (Feci) announced the initiation of an investigation against the Arévalo party.
From that moment on, the corrupt Guatemalan institutional system, whose sole and essential objective is the defense of a status quo that guarantees the interests of the ruling classes and the factual powers of the country, began to warm up.
First it was Judge Fredy Orellana who, at the request of the Public Ministry, ordered the provisional suspension of the legal status of the Movimiento Semilla, for the alleged crime of falsifying signatures in the formation of the party.
A totally illegal action, since Guatemalan electoral law prohibits suspending a party after an election has been called and until it has been held.
Later, and despite the fact that the Supreme Electoral Tribunal requested that the judge’s decision be annulled and that the Constitutional Court declared that amparo upheld, thus guaranteeing the holding of the second round, the Public Prosecutor’s Office continued its plan of harassment unperturbed.
Throughout the past week, FECI agents raided the headquarters of the TSE’s Registry of Citizens, seizing records and alleged evidence of the crime.
They did the same at the Seed Movement headquarters, at the same time that various complaints and arrest warrants were issued.
In the midst of an increasingly embarrassing situation, the electoral magistrates again filed an appeal for amparo against authorities who could threaten the run-off on August 20.
This time, the Constitutional Court dismissed the amparo, arguing that the resolution of July 12 already guaranteed the development of the new electoral appointment.
Behind this “hypocritical game”, where each actor acts according to a well-defined design written by the Creole elites and economic groups, there is the clear intention of getting rid of an uncomfortable candidate who, unexpectedly, altered the scenario that had been so carefully prepared.
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Given this scenario, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) expressed its concern about “interference in the electoral process, in a context of lack of independence of the Public Ministry and its attorney general.”
He also urged the State to “ensure the principle of separation of powers” and “guarantee the right to political participation.”
The Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterrez, through a statement, called on the State of Guatemala to respect the popular will and human rights.
Statements expressing deep concern about what is happening in Guatemala were also issued by the different international electoral observation missions accredited in the country.
Meanwhile, the day of July 23 was characterized by new protest mobilizations that are multiplying in various parts of the national territory.
The March of the Flowers took place in the capital, where hundreds of people demanded the resignation of the Attorney General, Consuelo Porras, the head of the Feci, Rafael Curruchiche, and Judge Fredy Orellana, for their interference in the electoral process and for obstructing conducting the ballot.
Source: IUF Rel
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