“The biggest problem we have in politics is that the candidates are being financed by corrupt people, that’s taking over the state,” said the current leader in the polls after handing over the documents at the window of the independent collegial court.
He also mentioned that he was the target of “two assassination attempts” and that there was still a plot against him.
“Since the slander did not bring us down, they are now trying to sabotage the party meeting,” said the businessman and CEO of the social network TikTok.
A decision by the Sixth Administrative Disputes Appeals Chamber ruled the previous day in favor of a Cambio party-sponsored amparo of Manuel Baldizón and his children.
The verdict suspended the Ordinary National Assembly of Civic Welfare and with it the candidatures proclaimed as part of that activity, including that of Pineda.
In a video shared on social networks by the candidate for Victoria, Amílcar Rivera, he warned that there were three proposals for the presidency excluded from the electoral process, adding: Thelma Cabrera, candidate of the Movement for the Liberation of the Peoples ( MLP) and Roberto Arzú from Podemos.
“Rumours of possible cheating are getting louder and we cannot allow that to happen. The ruling party and its allies, who are also the official candidates, practically believe they will benefit by removing the candidates from their path,” he added.
After learning about the decision against Pineda and the proposal, Edmond Mulet, the Cabal party and the Sandra Torres-led National Unity of Hope pledged that “they respect due process.”
On this subject, Semilla’s presidential candidate, Bernardo Arévalo, stated that “elections are held at the ballot box and not in court”.
Amidst this increasingly complicated scenario, Guatemala will vote on June 25th to select the new president and vice president, 160 congressmen, 340 local councilors and members of the Central American Parliament.
The Supreme Electoral Court on August 20 ruled a second round of elections if neither presidential candidate receives 50 percent plus one vote of valid ballots cast.
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