Dozens of protesters clash with riot police outside the Congress of where the commission that must carry out the swearing-in of the 160 deputies of the 2024-2028 legislature is meeting, a mandatory requirement so that today’s investiture of as president of the country, replacing Alejandro Giammattei.

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The protesters broke down several barriers that prevented access to the streets surrounding Congress, as EFE confirmed, and were subsequently repressed with tear gas. At the moment there have been no injuries, as EFE has been able to verify.

In recent hours, tension has been growing inside and outside the Guatemalan Parliament due to a dispute over credentials that is hindering the inauguration of the members of the tenth legislature since the establishment of democracy in the country in 1986.

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Opposition deputies Aldo Dávila, from the Winaq party, and Karina Paz, from the Vos party and re-elected in office, They denounced obstacles in the process to give office to the deputies elected in the June 2023 electionssince requirements were being demanded to carry out the process that do not appear in the law.

This doesn’t smell good“, declared Paz, who, together with Dávila, denounced that The commission to verify the credentials of the new legislators was created “by hand” this Sunday.

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In any case, The elected president, Bernardo Arévalo de León, has assured that he will take office this afternoon as established by lawreplacing the current president, Alejandro Giammattei.



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