In denying her involvement in ‘coup’ plot denounced by Guatemalan president-elect Bernardo Arevaloto prevent him from taking power in January 2024, the country’s prosecution moved on Saturday.
“It is completely false that the prosecutor’s office is participating in a coup d’état process that the president-elect irresponsibly talked about”the institution said in a statement.
He assured that his actions “respect the principle of legality”, referring to the revocation, after the election period, of the legal status of the Movimiento Semilla (“Seed Movement”), the faction of the president-elect, for alleged anomalies and irregularities in the registration of of its members when it was founded in 2017.
“There is a group of politicians and corrupt government officials who refuse to accept the result (of the election) and have begun implementing a plan to dismantle the constitutional order and violate democracy”, the 64-year-old Mr. Arevalo said on Friday during a press conference. “We are watching a coup in progress,” he added.
Its 64-year-old president-elect Guatemala characterizes the attacks against the faction of the project, among others, the Attorney General Consuelo Porras, the Prosecutor Rafael Kurucitse and the Judge Freddy Oreyana. All three justice officials have been labeled “involved in corruption” by the US government.
The head of the electoral mission of the Organization of American States (OAS), Eladio Loisaga, warned from Washington against the threat of violating “the constitutional order in Guatemala”, referring to the measures against Mr. Arevalo’s party.
The latter is expected to succeed Alejandro Yamatei in January, ending 12 years of right-wing presidency.
The crusade against Sporo was started by prosecutor Kuručice after the results of the first round of elections were announced on June 25, when Bernardo Arevalo moved to the second, in which he faced former first lady Sandra Torres.
The sociologist and former diplomat, who has vowed to fight corruption in one of the world’s 30 most corrupt countries, according to the NGO Transparency International, won in part because of the judiciary’s attacks on him and his faction after attracting solidarity many.
Analysts estimate that revoking his party’s legal status will not prevent the president-elect from taking powerbut it will prevent Sporo from raising funds, recruiting new members, having a caucus – he elected 23 members to the Congress he will take over in January –, shaping the body’s agenda, etc.
An analyst estimated that opponents of the elected president will try to use the court case against Sporos as a lever of “pressure” to force him to “negotiate”, to ensure “impunity”, or a “share of power”.
Source: News Beast
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