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| Clashes in Guatemala after president-elect denied inauguration | Clashes in Guatemala after president-elect denied inauguration |
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| Bernardo Arevalo, who won the popular vote, urged MPs to respect the result of the election | Bernardo Arevalo, who won the popular vote, urged MPs to respect the result of the election |
| The supporters of president-elect Bernardo Arevalo clashed in Guatemala City with police on Sunday after his inauguration was unexpectedly delayed. | |
| Arevalo, a member of the leftist Semilla party who ran on an anti-corruption platform, received more than 60% of the run-off vote in August 2023. | |
| His swearing-in ceremony was due to begin at 3 pm local time on Sunday. The procedure was abruptly suspended by Congress – the nation’s parliament – which is controlled by right-wing parties. | |
| People angered by the delaying of the inauguration broke through police barriers and threatened to storm the parliament building. Police responded by firing volleys of tear gas. | |
| “The MPs have the responsibility to respect the will of the people expressed at the polls,” Arevalo wrote on X (formerly Twitter), accusing his rivals of “attempting to undermine democracy with illegalities and abuses of power.” | |
| The conflict arose because the congressional credentials commission took longer than expected to review the papers of the newly-elected MPs from Arevalo’s party. This, in turn, prevented the forming of the Board of Directors responsible for the swearing-in of the new president. | |
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