Guatemalan President Arevalo: a number of politicians are preparing a coup plot in the country
Various politicians are refusing to accept the results of Guatemala’s presidential election and are preparing a coup d’état plan, President-elect Bernando Arevalo told reporters.
“There is a group of politicians and officials who refuse to accept the results. They have set in motion a plan to disrupt the constitutional order… These actions constitute a coup d’état that is being promoted from within the institutions that are supposed to guarantee justice in our country,” he said.
Arevalo named prosecutors and parliamentarians among the people planning the coup.
“We see a coup d’état in action … (Its goal) is to prevent the president and vice president from taking office,” added Arevalo, whose statement was broadcast on social media.
He is due to take office on January 14, 2024.
Earlier, Guatemala’s Supreme Electoral Court declared Arevalo the winner of the presidential election with 60 percent of the vote, amid a refusal by another candidate, Sandra Torres, to recognize the results. Torres has asked the prosecutor’s office to investigate alleged irregularities in the vote count.
Bernardo Arévalo is the son of Juan José Arévalo (president from 1945-1951), a 64-year-old diplomat and politician. He came to victory in this election by positioning himself as the “anti-corruption candidate.” In the 1980s and 1990s, Arevalo had a career in the local Foreign Ministry, worked in Israel and Spain, and served as deputy foreign minister.
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