OAS condemns the “attempted coup and calls on the Guatemalan authorities to defend the institutions and constitutional order”
HAVANA TIMES – The Guatemalan Prosecutor’s Office assured this Friday, December 8, 2023 that the elections won this year by president-elect, Bernardo Arevalo, are not valid due to alleged administrative irregularities of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal.
The Prosecutor’s Office, whom Arevalo accused in September 2023 of carrying out a coup against him, indicated that the electoral records used in the elections “are null and void” since “they were not authorized” initially by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal.
The alleged invalidation of the general electoral results was presented by prosecutor Leonor Morales, in a press conference, who said that the elections for president, deputies, mayor and deputies to the Central American Parliament must be annulled.
As an alleged reason for the annulment of the elections, Morales stated that there is an administrative irregularity since the electoral records used are not those originally approved by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal.
“The formats used were not those approved by the plenary session of magistrates,” stated Morales, who added that the votes “are null and void.”
Guatemalan Prosecutor’s Off