Four judges of the Supreme Court, as opposed to one, voted in favor of granting the interim protection requested by the Fundación Pro Bienestar del Minusválido and Edgar Benjamín Tuy, representatives of the indigenous authorities.
The CC said it would forward the report to the finance, health and social welfare, attorney general and human rights attorney departments.
Also to the Ministry of State, through the Public Prosecutor's Office for Constitutional Issues, Amparo and Personal Exposure, since no resources were allocated to the complainants as in previous years.
At the end of the previous month, the (unicameral) Congress approved the budget in an accelerated procedure and a few days later convened an extraordinary session to discuss, among other things, the constitutional objections of the Movimiento Semilla and Winaq groups parties.
However, the plenary session of the legislative body rejected the questions and left the final decision to Giammattei, despite repeated calls for him to veto it.
Among the questions raised in the budget, the manner in which it was confirmed on November 30 stood out, since votes were not taken for each article but for the titles, stressed Semilla and Winaq.
The amendments adopted at the last minute were not read in full, so in addition to the discretionary allocation of funds to newly created non-governmental organizations, MPs, without knowing their content, expanded them.
In a statement addressed to lawmakers, Giammattei and the people, President-elect Bernardo Arévalo described the document supported by the ruling party and allied groups as absurd, corrupt and ineffective.
Despite the claims, on the 15th of this month, Giammattei signed the decree law with 124,879 million 970,000 quetzales (almost 16 billion dollars), a historic record that, despite the year-on-year increases – according to experts – was a historic record due to non-transparent execution.
According to Arévalo, the winning party was considering filing a legal complaint before the Central Committee against the budget, which elected representative Jonathan Menkos confirmed to the press.
The aim is to declare the articles that we discover as violating various laws of the country as violating the legal framework, he added.
This will be presented when the budget law for 2024 already comes into force, he indicated.
Aside from the legal action, he said, they are preparing a proposal for changes to the document, which they say should be among the issues that the new legislature should address as a priority.
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