Employees of the Guatemalan Ministry of Internal Affairs seized from the Supreme Electoral Court the protocols and ballot papers from the last presidential election won by centre-left Bernardo Arevalo. This was reported by Prensa Libre.
The publication claims that representatives of the election commission tried to interfere with the procedure, and employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs used force against them.
The country’s elected president said the ministry’s actions showed that the possibility of a coup remained in the country.
Before that, Bernardo Arevalo, representative of the center-left movement “Seed” to win Victory was achieved in the second round of the presidential elections in Guatemala, with 59 percent of the votes. This was announced at a conference by Irma Palencia, President of the Supreme Electoral Court (SEC) of Guatemala.
In his election campaign, Arevalo promised to fight drug cartels, increase the number of police by 12 thousand people, build nearly 4 thousand kilometers of roads, and reform the criminal code to prevent corruption and ensure the complete deprivation of civil and political rights. He also plans to create a national anti-corruption system and establish a new congressional district for Guatemalan citizens living abroad.
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Source: Gazeta
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