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<p>The president-elect of Guatemala, Bernardo Arévalo,
denounced “a coup d’état in progress” in the country, where the Congress
has refused to recognize the parliamentary bloc of his party, the
Semilla Movement, after the party’s legal status was temporarily
suspended by the judiciary.</p>
<p>“We are witnessing an ongoing coup d’état, in which the judicial
apparatus is being used to violate justice itself, mocking the people’s
will freely expressed at the ballot on August 20,” Arévalo said on
Friday, September 1.</p>
<p>In a press conference together with Vice President-elect Karin
Herrera, Arévalo denounced the “spurious, illegitimate, and illegal
actions in different institutions” aimed at “preventing the inauguration
of the elected authorities, including the president, the
vice-president, and our deputies to the Congress of the Republic.”</p>
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<p lang="es" dir="ltr">Bernardo Arévalo, presidente electo en Guatemala
destacó en la conferencia que el aparato de justica busca realizar un
golpe de estado. Arévalo junto a Karin Herrera, vicepresidenta electa
ganaron las elecciones por mayoría el pasado 20 de agosto.<a href="https://twitter.com/EmisorasUnidas?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@EmisorasUnidas</a><a href="https://twitter.com/PublinewsGT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PublinewsGT</a> <a href="https://t.co/FTbY6QRaxh">pic.twitter.com/FTbY6QRaxh</a></p>
<p>— Omar Solís (@noel_solis) <a href="https://twitter.com/noel_solis/status/1697685239575843056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 1, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
<p>He accused the Attorney General Consuelo Porras, Attorney Rafael
Curruchiche, Judge Fredy Orellana, and the Congress and “other corrupt
sectors” of promoting this coup.</p>
<p>“There is a group of corrupt politicians and officials who refuse to
accept the electoral result and have set in motion a plot to break the
constitutional order and violate democracy,” Arévalo stated.</p>
<p><strong>Guatemalan Congress refuses to recognize Semilla</strong><br>
The parliamentary board of Guatemala, led by Shirley Rivera, deputy of
the ruling Vamos party, announced on Wednesday, August 30, that Semilla
is no longer a legislative bloc and its five legislators, including
Arévalo, were declared as independents.</p>
<p>The Congress justified this action following the provisional
suspension of the legal status of the Semilla Movement party by the
General Directorate of the Registry of Citizens of the Supreme Electoral
Tribunal (TSE), announced on Monday, August 28.</p>
<p>The decision of the TSE complied with the ruling of Orellana, who
ordered the suspension of the Semilla party at the request of the Office
of the Special Prosecutor Against Impunity (FECI), on the grounds of an
alleged fraudulent registration of party members in 2017 and 2018.</p>
<p>In response to the situation in Guatemala, the Inter-American
Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) urged all authorities to respect the
electoral results.</p>
<p>“The Guatemalan State must respect the results of the elections held
in a free and fair manner, which constitute the maximum expression of
the sovereign will, and one of the main foundations of representative
democracy,” the IACHR said in a press release.</p>
<p><strong>Call for democracy</strong><br>
With 100 % of the ballots counted, the TSE officially recognized
Arévalo’s victory with 58 % of the valid votes against 37 % for the
former first lady, Sandra Torres.</p>
<p>However, Arévalo pointed out that there are still four months before
the inauguration, a period in which “these political mafias would try to
consummate the coup d’état.”</p>
<p>“We remind everyone that the resistance of the people for the
protection and defense of the rights and guarantees in our Constitution,
such as the right to peaceful demonstration, are legitimate,” he said.</p>
<p>The president elect called on Guatemalan society to”join forces in
defense of democracy and total respect for the will of the people.”</p>
<p>Guatemalan lawyer and political analyst Oswaldo Samayoa explained
that Arévalo’s statements are in response to the constant attacks
against the popular vote and his party.</p>
<p>(<a href="https://actualidad.rt.com/actualidad/478485-bernardo-arevalo-denunciar-golpe-estado-guatemala" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RT</a>) with Orinoco Tribune content</p>
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<p>The president-elect of Guatemala, Bernardo Arévalo,
denounced “a coup d’état in progress” in the country, where the Congress
has refused to recognize the parliamentary bloc of his party, the
Semilla Movement, after the party’s legal status was temporarily
suspended by the judiciary.</p>
<p>“We are witnessing an ongoing coup d’état, in which the judicial
apparatus is being used to violate justice itself, mocking the people’s
will freely expressed at the ballot on August 20,” Arévalo said on
Friday, September 1.</p>
<p>In a press conference together with Vice President-elect Karin
Herrera, Arévalo denounced the “spurious, illegitimate, and illegal
actions in different institutions” aimed at “preventing the inauguration
of the elected authorities, including the president, the
vice-president, and our deputies to the Congress of the Republic.”</p>
<blockquote>
<p lang="es" dir="ltr">Bernardo Arévalo, presidente electo en Guatemala
destacó en la conferencia que el aparato de justica busca realizar un
golpe de estado. Arévalo junto a Karin Herrera, vicepresidenta electa
ganaron las elecciones por mayoría el pasado 20 de agosto.<a href="https://twitter.com/EmisorasUnidas?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@EmisorasUnidas</a><a href="https://twitter.com/PublinewsGT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PublinewsGT</a> <a href="https://t.co/FTbY6QRaxh">pic.twitter.com/FTbY6QRaxh</a></p>
<p>— Omar Solís (@noel_solis) <a href="https://twitter.com/noel_solis/status/1697685239575843056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 1, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
<p>He accused the Attorney General Consuelo Porras, Attorney Rafael
Curruchiche, Judge Fredy Orellana, and the Congress and “other corrupt
sectors” of promoting this coup.</p>
<p>“There is a group of corrupt politicians and officials who refuse to
accept the electoral result and have set in motion a plot to break the
constitutional order and violate democracy,” Arévalo stated.</p>
<p><strong>Guatemalan Congress refuses to recognize Semilla</strong><br>
The parliamentary board of Guatemala, led by Shirley Rivera, deputy of
the ruling Vamos party, announced on Wednesday, August 30, that Semilla
is no longer a legislative bloc and its five legislators, including
Arévalo, were declared as independents.</p>
<p>The Congress justified this action following the provisional
suspension of the legal status of the Semilla Movement party by the
General Directorate of the Registry of Citizens of the Supreme Electoral
Tribunal (TSE), announced on Monday, August 28.</p>
<p>The decision of the TSE complied with the ruling of Orellana, who
ordered the suspension of the Semilla party at the request of the Office
of the Special Prosecutor Against Impunity (FECI), on the grounds of an
alleged fraudulent registration of party members in 2017 and 2018.</p>
<p>In response to the situation in Guatemala, the Inter-American
Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) urged all authorities to respect the
electoral results.</p>
<p>“The Guatemalan State must respect the results of the elections held
in a free and fair manner, which constitute the maximum expression of
the sovereign will, and one of the main foundations of representative
democracy,” the IACHR said in a press release.</p>
<p><strong>Call for democracy</strong><br>
With 100 % of the ballots counted, the TSE officially recognized
Arévalo’s victory with 58 % of the valid votes against 37 % for the
former first lady, Sandra Torres.</p>
<p>However, Arévalo pointed out that there are still four months before
the inauguration, a period in which “these political mafias would try to
consummate the coup d’état.”</p>
<p>“We remind everyone that the resistance of the people for the
protection and defense of the rights and guarantees in our Constitution,
such as the right to peaceful demonstration, are legitimate,” he said.</p>
<p>The president elect called on Guatemalan society to”join forces in
defense of democracy and total respect for the will of the people.”</p>
<p>Guatemalan lawyer and political analyst Oswaldo Samayoa explained
that Arévalo’s statements are in response to the constant attacks
against the popular vote and his party.</p>
<p>(<a href="https://actualidad.rt.com/actualidad/478485-bernardo-arevalo-denunciar-golpe-estado-guatemala" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RT</a>) with Orinoco Tribune content</p>
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