Court orders rerun of Guatemalan Congressional election
Guatemala's Constitutional Court (CC) on Wednesday ordered Congress to repeat the election of its Board of Directors, which annulled the victory of Deputy Samuel Perez, of the ruling Seed Movement. teleSUR
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00:00 In Guatemala, the Constitutional Court ordered on Thursday the repetition of the election
00:05 of the Congressional Board of Directors due to irregularities in the legislature's provisions.
00:11 The organization explained the need to repeat the election of the Board of Directors because
00:15 of the inclusion of independent deputies in the proposed list, on the anticipation of
00:20 deputies who are a part of legislative blocs.
00:24 Therefore, on the basis of the principle of legality and constitutional supremacy, the
00:30 Constitutional Court ordered the re-run of the elections.
00:33 In this sense, it emphasized that the sworn in of Bernardo Arevalo and Karine Herrera
00:37 as presidents and vice presidents of the Republic is not affected.