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In Guatemala, the electoral court suspends the results of the president’s first tour at the request of the Cour constitutionnelle

Posted on July 3, 2023
People demonstrated before the Supreme Electoral Tribunal for claiming new elections, arguing for alleged electoral fraud, in Guatemala City on July 2, 2023. JOHAN ORDONEZ / AFP

The Supreme Electoral Tribunal of Guatemala announced in a statement on Sunday 2 July that it had complied with the decision by assigning the veil to the Cour constitutionnelle en suspendant « the qualification and the officialization of the results » du premier tour of the presidential election of 25 juin.

La Cour constitutionnelle avait été saisie, vendredi, par neuf partis de droite, dont celui du président sortant, Alejandro Giammattei, Andiamo. Cette formation a I relied on a “risk and imminent threat” de voir des postes distribués avant que les présumés “vice” du scrutin ne soient portés à l’attention des commissions electorales, selon la Cour.

The plus haute competence du pays ainsi required the convocation of« a new audience for reviewing grades ». Outre le premier tour de l’élection présidentielle (dont le deuxième tour est prévu le 20 août), des législatives et des municipales tenaient le même jour.

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Des replies des lendemain du vote

A la surprise générale, two sociaux-démocrates s’étaient retrouvés en tête des vingt-deux candidates à la presidency au premier tour, marqué par une strong abstention and a grand nombre de bulletins nuls.

Favorite of the probes and candidate malheureuse à multiieurs reprises auparavant, Sandra Torres, former wife of the former leftist president Alvaro Colom (2008-2012), obtained 15.86% of the vote. You deputy Bernardo Arevalo, fils du premier democratically president of the country, Juan José Arevalo (1945-1951), avait créé la surprise with 11.77%. The était finished in the huitième position with 2.9% of voting intentions in the dernier poll of the Prodata Institute.

These extraordinary results begin after three successive presidencies by right: Otto Perez (2012-2015), Jimmy Morales (2016-2020) and the ordinary president, Alejandro Giammattei.

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Les contestaciones et la dénociation de fraudas supposées aux élections avaient débuté dès lendemain du premier tour. « Les elections doivent être refaites », avait exigé vendredi l’avocat du parti Valor (Courage), formation of Zury Rios, fille de l’ex-dictateur Efrain Rios Montt (1982-1983), arrived sixième au premier tour. Ce parti a dénoncé une “fraud”soup on the modification of a millier of procès-verbaux, soit 0.82% of the total.

“Threat to Democracy”

Dimanche, the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, said the remission in the electoral cause represents Guatemala « a serious threat to democracy, with implications of great envergure ». « Measures intended to interfere in the outcome of the violent elections in the spirit of the Constitution of Guatemala and threaten the legitimacy of the democratic process »to the fait valor.

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The European Union (EU) Election Observation Mission has called, in a statement, « judicial institutions and political parties to respect the will of citizens freely express the elections of June 25 ». On June 27, two days after my vote, the EU will have my en garde against « the deterioration of the Etat de droit et la judiciarisation d’événements électoraux à des fins purement politiques »full of feeling « the strong commitment of citizens for democracy and civic values ​​».

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From son côté, the Organization des Etats américains (OEA) ad appelé « les pouvoirs de l’Etat, législatif, judiciaire and exécutif, à respecter la separation des pouvoirs, l’intégrité du processus electoral, ainsi que les travaux et conclusions effectués dans ce processus ». « Respect for the expression of the people when voting is essential to maintain the full confidence of citizens and the international community in the scrutin »the regional organization added in a statement.

Le Guatemala is one of the most inégalitaires countries in Latin America, juge la Banque global, avec, selon les Nations unies, 10.3 million des ses 17.6 million d’inhabitants qui vivant sous le seuil de pauvreté et un enfant sur deux qui souffre de dénutrition chronicle.

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