UN concerned over 'attempts to impact' Guatemala election
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By AFP
Published July 13, 2023
A placard reads 'No to the coup' as Guatemalans protested a court ruling to suspend the party of one of two candidates due to contest a runoff presidential election in August - Copyright AFP Johan ORDONEZ
Edgar CALDERON
The UN added its voice Thursday to growing concern over perceived election interference in Guatemala after a court ruling hobbled one of the two finalists in a presidential runoff next month.
At a prosecutor’s request, a court on Wednesday suspended the party of candidate Bernardo Arevalo.
Arevalo had finished second behind Sandra Torres in the first voting round on June 25. The two are scheduled to compete in a runoff on August 20 to become leader of a country beset by poverty, corruption and gang violence.
As both are from social democratic parties, the contest would yield the Central American country’s first leftist president in more than a decade.
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