Bernardo Arévalo guarantees that he will be invested as president of Guatemala

The elected president of Guatemala, Bernardo Arévalo de León, guaranteed this Sunday, January 14, amid maneuvers to prevent the normal development of his inauguration, replacing Alejandro Giammattei, as required by law.

The president-elect’s message comes later a busy and hectic morning session at the Guatemalan Congresswhere the outgoing deputies have not yet taken office in the new judiciary.

Uncertainty has taken over the situation in Parliamentwhile hundreds of Arévalo supporters gathered around Congress to protest these delaying maneuvers.

Confrontations, insults, deputies locked in locked rooms and general chaos describe what is happening in the Guatemalan Congress, as confirmed by the EFE agency.

The deputies of the new legislature had planned to elect the new president of Congress at noon (18:00 GMT), but closer to 15:00 local time (21:00 GMT), the outgoing Congress did not even certify the 160 new members of Parliament.

This circumstance raised fears of a possible “coup d’état”.as the elected president himself has been denouncing, accusing the head of the Public Ministry, Consuelo Porras, and “other corrupt actors” of obstructing and preventing his inauguration.

“They are delaying the installation of Congress in its tenth legislature because they do not want to give Arévalo the oath of office“, declared to the press today José Inés Castillo, from the National Unity of Hope (UNE) party, owned by former first lady Sandra Torres, defeated by Arévalo de León in the 2023 elections.

The inauguration of the new Guatemalan Congress for the period 2024-2028 must be held as a prerequisite for the inauguration of the elected president, Bernardo Arévalo de Leónceremony that will be held at the National Theater in front of a dozen heads of state present in the Guatemalan capital.

“The coup d’état is being prepared”, warned Castillo.

Meanwhile, international guests began arriving at the Teatro Nacional Miguel Ángel Asturias to attend the inauguration, despite The President of Parliament who will swear in the new president has not yet been appointed.

Nine heads of state are invited to the event, including the king of Spain, Felipe VI, and the presidents of Chile, Gabriel Boric; Colombia, Gustavo, Petroand Panama, Laurentino Cortizo, among others, as well as the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell.

The tension of this day has been the general tone of an electoral and transition process marked by attempts since last July by the Public Prosecutor’s Office (Ministério Público) to illegalize the Semilla Movement party – the main support of the elected president – and prevent Arévalo de León from taking office on January 14th.

Source: Elcomercio

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