Criminal Court Intervenes in Guatemalan Election Five Weeks before Run-Off

<p>Accompanied by the National Civil Police, the Public Prosecutor’s Office raided the offices of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal in the morning on Thursday, July 13, following legal action announced on Wednesday night, minutes before the certification of the June 25 election results, against the Semilla party. A judge ordered the suspension of the party whereas the Supreme Electoral Tribunal convened it to the run-off, engulfing the country in a conflict between institutions and drawing denunciations from electoral monitors of an “attempted coup d’état.”</p>

Roman Gressier Julie López