Bernardo Arévalo de León will take office as president of Guatemala amid great expectations

The new president of Guatemala, Bernardo Arevalo de Leónwill be inaugurated this Sunday after winning the 2023 elections with an anti-corruption speech and great expectations from the population that elected him.

The president-elect promised the arrival of a “new spring”, like the one led by his father’s government, Juan José Arévalo Bermejobetween 1946 and 1951, in one of the most developed administrations in the Central American country.

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Arévalo de León highlighted in recent days that “a new chapter in the history” of Guatemala is opening and that from this Sunday “We will begin the transformation of our great country.”

His arrival in power was marked by judicial persecution by the Guatemalan Public Ministry (Attorney’s Office), which has been trying since last July to annul the electoral results.

However, Arévalo de León and his party, the progressive Seed movement, They managed to remain standing and everything indicates that they will take office on Sunday, as established by Guatemalan legislation.

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At least 8 heads of state will participate in the investiture ceremony, including the King of Spain, Felipe VI, and the President of Chile, Gabriel Boric.

The population’s expectations are high for Arévalo de León, after winning the second round of elections with more than one million votes over former first lady Sandra Torres Casanova.

Guatemala’s new president, a 65-year-old academic, He arrives at the head of the Government with an anti-corruption speech.

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Precisely, the Semilla Movement was born from the anti-corruption demonstrations registered in Guatemala in 2015 and which led to the arrest that year of former president Otto Pérez Molina (2012-2015) for millionaire bribery scandals.

Added to this, Arévalo de León and his team They brag about not having to “pay favors to anyone” after coming to power with an austere campaign.

The new president of Guatemala will replace the current acting president, Alejandro Giammattei, who leaves office after failing to fulfill his electoral promises and after four years of judicial persecution of more than 200 former prosecutors, former judges, political rivals and journalists.

This Sunday’s investiture ceremony will take place at the National Theater Miguel Ángel Asturiasto 2pm local time (8pm GMT), with extensive security in place.

Source: Elcomercio

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