Guatemala’s top electoral authority blocks the suspension of President-elect Bernardo Arevalo’s Seed Movement, at least temporarily giving the party back its legal status.
Arevalo who campaigned on pledges to tackle corruption, resoundingly won the August 20 second-round run-off election. / Photo: Reuters Archiveagainst President-elect Bernardo Arevalo's Semilla party, which had sowed confusion about his victory in the days after the election.
Semilla's disqualification will resume after this process concludes, court spokesman Luis Gerardo Ramirez said. After the first round of voting on June 25, Guatemalan judge Fredy Orellana, at the request of prosecutor Rafael Curruchiche, ordered the electoral tribunal to suspend Semilla pending an investigation into alleged anomalies in its party registration.