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Guatemalan Republican Union Presents Presidential Candidate

The candidate for this Central American nation’s highest office was Director General of the Penitentiary System from April 2009 to August of the same year and a well-known analyst of the programs of the Albavisión network.

Retired General Barrientos will accompany him in battle.

«Today we celebrate! The time to switch Guate to (sic) has come. New leadership in union, family, values, friendship. We have walked a path of learning and passion to unite every citizen,” the political organization published on its official Facebook account.

In the photo you can see several members of the group praying.

In the same assembly, the Unión Republicana party announced that Herbert Armando Melgar Padilla, MP for the National Convergence Front (FCN-Nación), will seek a deputation in Congress in first place on the National List, while Alberto Sánchez, who was elected Congressman in 2019 with Semilla he is now seeking re-election for the central district.

This Sunday, the Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemala and the political movement Winaq also announced their candidacy for the presidency and have so far submitted 16 candidatures representing 18 groups, since two will go to the polls in coalition.

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