UNDERSTANDING GUATEMALA
PERSPECTIVES FROM THE GUATEMALA PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT
NETWORK (gpdn/rpdg) AND THE MOVEMENT FOR PROGRESSIVE AND POPULAR UNITY (MUPP)
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Brief Note 002-15
A second round of electoral
farce
Twelve days after
the first round of elections on September 6th Guatemalans do not have yet a reliable
report on how people really voted. However, Manuel Baldizón, who was the
leading candidate two months ago but vetoed by the U.S. Embassy and the
private sector, has already withdrawn from the race, and on October 25th,
Sandra Torres, former First Lady under Álvaro Colom, will face a newcomer,
Jimmy Morales, who is supported by former and current military officers. We
continue to sustain that the elections are unconstitutional, illegal, immoral
and illegitimate, and even worse, that instead of solving the political
crisis they will only aggravate it. The political system will continue
immersed in corruption and the government will continue responding to
“powerful” sectors and not to the people. More than half the members of
Congress were reelected, continuing one of the worst
legislative bodies in the last 20 years; and for the rich and “capos” of
organized crime it will be “business as usual.” People must prepare themselves for constant
struggles, including preservation of their lives vis-a-vis state and
privatized threats and attacks.
Guatemala
and its Diaspora, September 18, 2015, GPDN/MUPP Secretariat
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