The politician, who topped the polls from earlier this month until last week, has filed an Amparo lawsuit through his attorney, Erick Castillo, as the delivery of the models without his photo (tomorrow 25th) is imminent, Supreme Electoral Court decision, and the date of voting is June 25th.
He stated that he was provisionally suspended, which was controversial, and believed that the authorities should await the final outcome of the case.
Currently, Pineda and a number of more than 1,200 other PC contenders have been forced out of the race by a court ruling and are still awaiting a positive response.
The European Union last Sunday expressed concern over recurring decisions to exclude presidential candidates from the political race, with just over a month left until general elections.
In a statement, the community block called for giving citizens real choice on election day and ensuring respect for the right to run for any office.
For its part, the Guatemalan Election Observation Mission (MOE-Gt) expressed its concern the day before about irregularities and increasing prosecutions that could result in the total loss of legitimacy of the ongoing process.
The refusal To Thelma Cabrera and Jordán Rodas of the Movement for the Liberation of Peoples stands out here, whose situation reached the Constitutional Court, which upheld the verdict.
Podemos duo Roberto Arzú García-Grandos and David Pineda are also awaiting the response to an appeal before the same body.
Amidst such a scenario, Guatemala plans to hold elections on Sunday, June 25th to choose the new president and vice president, 160 congressmen, 340 municipal councilors and members of the Central American Parliament.
The TSE called a second round of elections on August 20 as none of the presidential candidates received 50 percent plus one vote of valid ballots cast.
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