The elected president of , expressed this Sunday his satisfaction at being invested in the next few hours as head of state, despite the attempts in recent months by “clicks” or “corrupt” mafias to prevent it.

“Here we are, despite all the attempts of these corrupt cliques to try to prevent the popular will from being respected.”Arévalo de León said in a message through his official media.

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This Sunday “The Constitution will be honored and there will be a change of Government,” added the 65-year-old academic, winner of the 2023 presidential elections with the Semilla Movement.

“We are receiving delegations” foreigners invited to the investiture ceremony “the best is yet to come” for Guatemala, he added.

Arévalo de León will take office this afternoon after winning the 2023 elections in a surprising way and remaining standing despite repeated attempts by the Public Ministry (Prosecutor’s Office) to annul the results of the elections.

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The same president-elect had already warned on September 1 that the head of the Public Ministry, Consuelo Porras, carried out a “coup d’état” to prevent his inauguration.

The future ruler has promised the arrival of a “new spring”, like the one led by the Government of his father, Juan José Arévalo Bermejo, between 1946 and 1951, in one of the most developed Administrations for the Central American country.

Arévalo de León has pointed out in recent days that “a new chapter in the history” of Guatemala is opening and that starting this Sunday “we will begin the transformation of our great country.”

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