Guatemala prosecutor suspends Movimiento Semilla party of anti-corruption election candidate
Source: The Guardian
Guatemala prosecutor suspends party of anti-corruption election candidate
Prosecutor suspends Movimiento Semilla after Bernardo Arévalo unexpectedly reached second round
Tom Phillips
Thu 13 Jul 2023 17.55 BST
Guatemala’s presidential election has been thrown into confusion after the country’s top prosecutor moved to suspend the party of a centre-left anti-corruption candidate who unexpectedly made it to the second round and officials from the attorney general’s office raided the headquarters of the electoral authority.
Observers had voiced fears that the Central American country’s political establishment might try to force Bernardo Arévalo from August’s runoff after he unexpectedly came second in last month’s vote.
On Wednesday night those fears appeared to be confirmed when the prosecutor Rafael Curruchiche – who has been accused of corruption by the US – announced that Arévalo’s Movimiento Semilla (Seed Movement) was having its legal status suspended as a result of an investigation into supposed irregularities in the collection of signatures allowing the party’s formation.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/13/guatemala-prosecutor-suspends-party-of-anti-corruption-election-candidate
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