“What they are trying to do is simply plant doubt about our honesty,” he told a news conference Thursday, adding that the raid and party’s suspension had a “clear political purpose.” 20 presidential runoff.Īrévalo dismissed the government’s actions as illegal.
Candidates left and right warned the government to let the voters’ prevail - not likely what President Alejandro Giammattei expected when his administration decided to intervene in the June 25 election, which ended with Arévalo and conservative candidate Sandra Torres moving on to an Aug. officials called them a threat to the country’s democracy.īy Thursday afternoon, those actions appeared to have backfired. The government’s actions against candidate Bernardo Arévalo - first suspending his Seed Movement party, then raiding the country’s election tribunal offices after it certified election results - sparked other objections as well, from within and outside Guatemala.
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) - Guatemala sank deeper into political turmoil Thursday as prosecutors targeted a progressive presidential candidate who proved to be surprisingly popular, prompting his opponent to suspend her campaign, saying the playing field was no longer even.
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