“It is time for all of us to step forward together as one nation, raise our voices and put an end to this corrupt and coup-seeking minority that seeks to deny people the right to live in democracy,” shouted the current deputy.
His first call for citizens to gather in protests this Monday is in response to the interference of the Ministry of State (MP), including the verification of the boxes of votes from last June 25 in the premises of the Supreme Electoral Court (TSE) last Week.
Due to this situation, Arévalo has temporarily suspended participation in the administrative process of government transition “while the necessary institutional conditions are restored,” noted the professional sociologist.
“See you in the Cortes (3:30 p.m., local time), we will present an Amparo as an expression of national unity and the defense of democracy,” Vice President-elect Karin Herrera announced the day before.
He described the popular community as vital, “coup plotters out,” he said, referring to the action that would also require the resignation of the Attorney General Consuelo Porras, the head of the Special Prosecutor’s Office against Impunity, Rafael Curruchiche, the seventh judge. Criminal, Fredy Orellana.
Organizations of university students responded to the meeting planned in the Plaza de los Derechos Humanos, right in the historic center of the capital, and called on their community to defend the popular will, which went viral on social networks.
“We call on students, academic staff, authorities and staff of the country’s educational centers to agree to the protection,” they wrote.
The Conference of Men and Women Religious of this country also invited people to attend the presentation of the appeal in front of the Palace of Justice from 4:00 p.m. local time.
Indigenous authorities from the 48 cantons of the western department of Totonicapán will also arrive to demand the resignation of Porras, Curruchiche and Orellana.
“Therefore, the community is asked to be vigilant and ignore the memorial being presented; A nationwide strike will be declared,” the well-known personalities warned in a statement.
The Semilla Party, winner of the second round of elections on August 20, the TSE and other organizations submitted protective measures to the Constitutional Court so that the MP could suspend judicial operations.
Local and international organizations agree that these maneuvers constitute a violation of electoral and party laws and demand respect for Guatemala’s democracy.
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