The majority of roads that were blocked in Guatemala were cleared this Saturday, as part of the regrouping by thousands of protesters calling for the resignation of the attorney general and head of the Public Ministry (Prosecutor’s Office), Consuelo Porras.
He Ministry of communications Guatemalan detailed that there are currently three roads blocked throughout the country, unlike the 25 road crossings that were closed in recent days.
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However, the cessation of the blockades does not mean that the protests will end, since the indigenous organization 48 cantons of the department (province) of Totonicapán, which called for the protests since October 2, indicated that they will maintain the demonstrations so that Porras resigns. .
The president of the indigenous organization, Luis Pacheco, told reporters at a press conference that “we maintain our position” regarding the resignation of the attorney general.
The protests began on October 2 and with the support of the population, up to 140 roads were blocked. Likewise, between October 9 and 13 there was practically a national strike throughout the territory in repudiation of Porras.
However, the attorney general has assured that she has no plans to leave her position, despite popular pressure.
Consuelo Porras
Porras is accused by the protesters of trying to modify the results of the general elections held this year and that will lead to the presidency starting next January to the academic Bernardo Arévalo de León, of the progressive party Movimiento Semilla.
Precisely Arévalo de León himself accused Porras of carrying out a “coup d’état” in “progress” to prevent his inauguration on January 14.
The protests have left a merchant murdered, after on October 16 a group of people shot at protesters in the department of San Marcos, about 250 kilometers west of the capital.
The Public Ministry, under the command of Porras, seized the voting records on September 30, in a raid widely criticized locally and internationally since Guatemalan law does not contemplate such an action.
