{"id":8689,"date":"2023-09-17T13:46:29","date_gmt":"2023-09-17T13:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/17\/guatemalan-president-elect-suspends-presidential-transition-process\/"},"modified":"2023-09-17T13:46:29","modified_gmt":"2023-09-17T13:46:29","slug":"guatemalan-president-elect-suspends-presidential-transition-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/17\/guatemalan-president-elect-suspends-presidential-transition-process\/","title":{"rendered":"Guatemalan president-elect suspends presidential transition process"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Guatemalan President-elect Bernardo Ar\u00e9valo de Le\u00f3n has announced he is temporarily suspending the presidential transition process after Public Ministry agents raided electoral facilities and opened voting boxes.   <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      \u201cWe have informed President (Alejandro) Giammattei that we are temporarily suspending our participation in the administrative transition process while the necessary institutional political conditions are reestablished,\u201d Ar\u00e9valo posted Tuesday local time on X.   <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Ar\u00e9valo was expected to be sworn in as president of Guatemala on January 14, 2024.   <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      The president-elect denounced the raids, during which Public Ministry agents opened ballot boxes and photographed their contents, according to the Supreme Electoral Tribunal.   <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      The Public Ministry is investigating allegations that Movimiento Semilla \u2013 Ar\u00e9valo\u2019s Party \u2013 used forged signatures when it was seeking authorization as a political party.   <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Ar\u00e9valo also called for the resignation of Guatemalan Attorney General Consuelo Porras and other government officials over the incident during a press conference on Tuesday.   <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      \u201cToday\u2019s actions constitute flagrant crimes of abuse of authority for electoral purposes and violation of the Political Constitution of the Republic of Guatemala,\u201d the president-elect wrote on X.   <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Ar\u00e9valo has filed a court complaint over the incident.   <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      The president-elect has previously alleged that powerful groups headed by the country\u2019s Attorney General are opposed to his victory and are involved in an \u201congoing coup.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Incumbent President Giammattei spoke by phone with the secretary general of the Organization of American States to officially notify him of the suspension of the transition process.   <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Giammattei said the presidency is willing to resume the transition process and described Ar\u00e9valo\u2019s decision to suspend it as \u201cunilateral.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      The Supreme Electoral Tribunal of Guatemala (TSE) held its own press conference to denounce the latest actions of the Public Ministry.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Irma Palencia, the TSE\u2019s president, said those actions had put the Guatemalan electoral system and democracy \u201cat risk\u201d and had violated the \u201ccivic rights of citizens expressed at the polls.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n<div>This post appeared first on cnn.com<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guatemalan President-elect Bernardo Ar\u00e9valo de Le\u00f3n has announced he is temporarily suspending the presidential transition process after Public Ministry agents raided electoral facilities and opened voting boxes. \u201cWe have informed President (Alejandro) Giammattei that we are temporarily suspending our participation in the administrative transition process while the necessary institutional political conditions are reestablished,\u201d Ar\u00e9valo posted 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