The new president of Guatemala, Bernardo Arévalo de Leónwill be inaugurated this Sunday after winning the 2023 elections with an anti-corruption speech and great expectations from the population that elected him.
The elected president has promised the arrival of a “new spring”, like the one that his father’s Government led, Juan José Arévalo Bermejobetween 1946 and 1951, in one of the most developed Administrations for the Central American country.
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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.”
His arrival to power has been marked by judicial persecution by the Public Ministry (Prosecutor’s Office) of Guatemala, which has tried since last July to annul the electoral results.
However, Arévalo de León and his party, the progressive Seed Movement, They have managed to stay on their feet and everything indicates that they will take office on Sunday, as established by Guatemalan law.
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At least 8 heads of state will attend the investiture ceremony, including the King of Spain, Felipe VI, and the Chilean President, Gabriel Boric.
The population’s expectations are high for Arévalo de León, after winning the runoff elections with more than a million votes over former first lady Sandra Torres Casanova.
The new Guatemalan president, a 65-year-old academic, He arrives at the head of the Government with an anti-corruption speech.
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Precisely, the Semilla Movement was born from the anti-corruption demonstrations registered in Guatemala in 2015 and that gave way that year to the arrest of former president Otto Pérez Molina (2012-2015) for million-dollar bribery scandals.
Added to this is that Arévalo de León and his team They boast of not having to “pay favors to anyone” after coming to power with an austere campaign.
The new Guatemalan president will replace the current president in office, Alejandro Giammattei, who leaves his position after failing to fulfill his electoral promises and after four years of judicial persecution of more than 200 former prosecutors, former judges, political rivals and journalists.
The investiture ceremony this Sunday will take place at the national theater Miguel Ángel Asturiasat 2:00 p.m. local time (20:00 GMT) with an extensive security device.