“Never again authoritarianism”, proclaims Arévalo after being sworn in as president of Guatemala

“Never again authoritarianism”proclaimed today the new president of Guatemala, Bernardo Arevaloas soon as he was invested as head of state of the Central American country, after a stormy transition process in which the Public Ministry, and some Thursdays and parliamentarians from the recently ended Legislature tried to prevent him from taking office.

“The city of Guatemala demonstrated his wisdom, and institutions like the Constitutional Court and Supreme Electoral Court “They protected the sovereign desire of Guatemalans to live in democracy.”said the president in his first speech.

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Arévalo de Léon received the presidential sash from the hands of the president of Congress, Samuel Pérez Álvarez, also elected to the position this Sunday, because the outgoing president, Alejandro Giammattei, He skipped the ceremony arguing that he had to hand over his position by midnight on Sunday and therefore sent the institutional symbols to Congress through his secretary.

Arévalo de León and Pérez Álvarez They are two of the founders of Seed Movementthe party born from the anti-corruption demonstrations that took place in the Central American country during 2015 and which culminated in the fall of the Government of Otto Pérez Molina (2012-2015), currently in prison.

“It is thanks to the young people of Guatemala“, who have not lost hope, that today I can speak to you on this podium,” proclaimed the academic and political leader, who thanked the indigenous peoples for defending the democracy of the Guatemala.

Arevalo entered the National Theater Miguel Ángel Asturiaswhere the investiture ceremony took place, to the sound of the concerto for violin and orchestra”The spring”, by the Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi.

The newly inaugurated president promised the arrival of a “new spring”, like the one carried out by his father’s Government, Juan José Arévalo Bermejobetween 1946 and 1951, in one of the most developed administrations in the Central American country.

Accompanied by his wife, Lucrécia hairstylethe president walked in the middle of the theater amid applause and smiles, despite the delay of more than ten hours in the ceremony, which finally took place in the early hours of January 15th, although the law establishes that it must take place on January 14th. January.

Since coming second in the first round of the presidential elections, Arevalo de Leon it’s him Seed Movement were persecuted by public ministry (Public Prosecutor’s Office) and by the magistrates of the Supreme Electoral Courtwith the aim of reversing his victory at the polls.

The new ruler comes to power with an anti-corruption speech, just like his party, born precisely from the 2015 demonstrations, which led to the president’s downfall. Otto Pérez Molina.

Source: Elcomercio

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