President of Guatemala greets Arévalo for electoral victory | News
The president of Guatemala, Alejandro Giammattei, congratulated on Sunday the virtual winner of the second electoral round, Bernardo Arévalo de León, from the political group Movimiento Semilla.
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Through his X account, formerly known as Twitter, Giammattei extended his invitation to Bernardo Arevalo to "start the orderly transition, the day after the results are made official."
The president also extended a message of congratulations to all Guatemalans for holding the elections in peace and tranquility.
I congratulate the Guatemalans for carrying out the #ElectionsGT2023 peacefully, with few isolated incidents.
I also congratulate @BArevalodeLeon and I extend the invitation to start the #TransitionGT ordered, the day after the results are made official.
— Alejandro Giammattei (@DrGiammattei)
August 21, 2023
The social democrat was elected as the new president of Guatemala after beating former first lady Sandra Torres in the electoral ballot.
According to the page of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) with 100 percent of the records processed, Bernardo Arévalo added 2.4 million ballots in his favor, which represents 58.01 percent of the total, while Sandra Torres Casanova counted 1.5. million votes received (37.24 percent).
The electoral authorities of the Central American country indicated that isolated incidents were recorded during election day, such as the explosion of two homemade devices in two voting centers on the outskirts of Guatemala City.
The Mexican president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, sent a message to the people of Guatemala and congratulated Bernardo Arévalo for having been declared by the TSE as the virtual winner of the second round of elections.
In his message via X, López Obrador assured that with the victory of the Seed Movement candidate "new times of humanism and justice will arrive for all and, in particular, for the heirs of the great Mesoamerican civilization."
I congratulate the neighboring people and brother of Guatemala for the triumph of Bernardo Arévalo as President of the Republic. I am sure that new times of humanism and justice will arrive for everyone and, in particular, for the heirs of the great Mesoamerican civilization.
– Andrés Manuel (@lopezobrador_)
August 21, 2023
The current electoral process has been characterized by the prominence of the Public Ministry (Prosecutor's Office) which, since July 12, has tried to cancel the Seed Movement and prevent the participation of Arévalo de León in the second electoral round.
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