Guatemala’s Supreme Court rejects Arévalo’s appeal against authorities he accuses of a “coup d’état”

O supreme court of justice in Guatemala This Wednesday he rejected an appeal filed by the president-elect, Bernardo Arevaloagainst the attorney general and a judge for ordering a search at a voting center and opening ballot boxes with votes from the June elections.

“By majority the supreme court of justice (CSJ) decided not to decree“the protection appeal filed by Arévalo on September 13, considering that violations of electoral law were committed, said the high court lawyer, Leonel Marroquinwhen informing journalists about the court’s resolutions

LOOK HERE: Consuelo Porras, the controversial Guatemalan attorney general whom Bernardo Arévalo accuses of orchestrating a “coup d’état”

The appeal, filed against the attorney general, Consuelo Porras; the judge Fredy Orellana; and the head of Special Prosecutor’s Office Against Impunity (FECI), Rafael Curruchicheis part of several legal actions with which Arévalo seeks to protect the results of the elections and prevent what he considers a plan of “coup d’etat” to prevent him from taking power on January 14th.

The three judicial officials waged a crusade against the results of the general elections, against the Seed Matching of Arévalo and the magistrates of Supreme Electoral Court (TSE).

Source: Elcomercio

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