Son of former president Juan José Arévalo led former Guatemala first lady by 58 to 37 per cent of votes, with more than 99 per cent of votes counted
Outsider Bernardo Arévalo appeared to be the “virtual winner” of Sunday’s election to be Guatemala’s next president after voters angry at widespread corruption and leaders’ failure to tackle it made a decisive choice for change.
“We are going to make a government that is for all Guatemalans, a government that takes care of all people, despite differences,” Arévalo said. “All of us share a love for Guatemala. That’s what we have been working for and we will continue tirelessly to build a new spring.” Jhamy Lucas, 27, cried tears of joy in the Obelisk plaza. “I am so happy because I am going to be able to live in my country,” she said. “I’m not going to have to migrate to survive.”The results are unlikely to be the last word: It took more than two weeks for the results of the first round of voting in June to be certified. Losing parties got the courts to intervene and order a review of precinct vote tallies.
But moves to drag the electoral process into the courts after the first round of voting in June led many Guatemalans to wonder what was to come between Sunday’s results and the transfer of power Jan. 14. Antonio González voted late Sunday, shortly before polls closed, at a teachers’ school in the capital.
Earlier Sunday, Roxana Abigail González voted for Arévalo, hoping that he would make a difference for her future. “I think he could be a good president,” she said. At the school where she voted, the election co-ordinator estimated that by late morning the flow of voters was only about half of what they had for the first round of voting in June. Turnout was considerably lower at about 45% compared to 60% in June, according to electoral authorities.
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