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Government sectoral meetings on transition in Guatemala advance

Last Monday, the dispatches on the subject of public finances continued, on the one hand the boss Edwin Martínez and on the other hand the delegate of the elected executive director Jonathan Menkos, always exchanging strategic information.

In addition, the Central Bank was involved and the day before, Education Minister Claudia Ruíz presented the programs in favor of students in the official sector such as school food, health insurance or school supplies.

In line with the 2022-2023 transition methodology, sector visits this week will also reach the Agriculture, Livestock and Nutrition, Economic and Social Development portfolios.

The first meeting took place on October 10 at the National Palace of Culture (headquarters of the executive branch), where the current government set up an office specifically for leadership transition meetings.

The dialogue with the teacher María Mercedes Arce, delegate of the Semilla party, was attended by the heads of the Labor and Social Department, Rafael Rodríguez, and the head of the Culture and Sports Department, Felipe Aguilar, as well as other officials.

The country’s Minister of Energy and Mines, Manuel Eduardo Arita, received the engineer Óscar Villagrán to carry out the exchange of important information about the institution, as the central organization announced on the social network X.

This was followed by communications, infrastructure and housing, as well as labor and social welfare, environment and natural resources, public health and social welfare, and external relations.

Teams appointed by the government and elected President Bernardo Arévalo resumed the transition process on October 4, two days after road blockades demanding the resignation of Attorney General Consuelo Porras.

The winner of the election had to temporarily withdraw from the proceedings on September 12th because the MP had intervened in the vote by searching mailboxes containing ballot papers from the first round of voting on June 25th.

While the prosecutor’s office continued its maneuvers, Mayan indigenous authorities from the 48 cantons of the Totonicapán department and social organizations promoted protests in defense of the popular will expressed in the elections.

The mobilizations of the hereditary leaders and people, who celebrate 24 consecutive days this Wednesday, are now focused on a sit-in in front of the MP headquarters.

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