Guatemala: Bernardo Arévalo says he will reverse “absurd” decisions by President Giammattei

The elected president of the Guatemala, Bernardo Arevalo de LeónHe told EFE this Wednesday that the first action he will take upon assuming power on January 14th will be to revoke decrees “irresponsible” It is “absurd”from the president’s outgoing government, Alejandro Giammattei.

“To ensure transparency, we have to revoke some irresponsible decrees that this Government made in its last days in office“Arévalo de León declared to EFE during an interview in his office, when he has 11 days left to take office as president for the period 2024-2028.

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At the discretion of Arévalo de León, President Giammattei grants him executive power “terribly weakened” why “Corruption doesn’t just steal money“otherwise”institutions atrophy”.

The president-elect described how “absurd” Giammattei’s decision to create a decree, at the end of last December, to provide security and vehicles to his close circle of his Administration during the next five years.

“There are more than 80 vehicles and 700 security guards for a group of outgoing employees, and doing so is absolutely unfeasible.“, criticized the elected official.

During his term (2020-2024), the president Alejandro Giammattei was pointed out by analysts and social organizations as responsible for the continued deterioration of the rule of law and democracy in the Central American country.

Bernardo Arevalo de Leónwho surprisingly won the August 20th elections, recognizes it as a first big challenge to face “public institutions respond to the needs of the population and recover executive capacity”.

When asked about his opinion on President Giammattei’s attitude during the current transition process, in which the Guatemalan Public Ministry tried to annul his electoral victory, Arévalo de León limited himself to indicating that the people of Guatemala is responsible for “evaluate your management”.

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De León will follow his father’s example

Arévalo de León, 65 years old, is the son of the former president Juan José Arévalo Bermejo (1945-1951), who is recognized as responsible for great democratic advances in the country, which continue to this day, and whose Government received dozens of coup attempts.

The president-elect said that from his inauguration on January 14th, he will take his father as an example.”the commitment to provide a public service with decency and with the aim of generating tangible changes in the living conditions of the population”.

Arévalo de León experienced the most controversial transition process in the history of Guatemala, as since last July 12th the Public Prosecutor’s Office tried in various ways to annul his victory and even initiated criminal proceedings to try to prevent his inauguration.

Source: Elcomercio

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