
Guatemalan presidential candidate wins in landslide but political elite could prevent him from taking office
Fox News
Guatemala’s governing elite could prevent the winner of Sunday's presidential election from assuming office in what has become completely new legal territory for the country.
Arévalo, an anti-corruption crusader whose win would be seen as a reprimand to the governing elite over widespread allegations of corruption, is a member of the Seed Movement party, which remains under investigation by the Attorney General’s Office for signatures it obtained years earlier to officially register.
"We know that there is a political persecution underway that is being carried out through the institutions and prosecutor’s offices and judges that have been corruptly co-opted," Arévalo said Sunday night. "We want to think that the force of this victory is going to make it clear that there is no place for the attempts to derail the electoral process. The Guatemalan people have spoken forcefully."