Parties, courts interfered in Guatemalan elections, observers' report states
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A report by election observers in Guatemala accuses political parties and other actors of unnecessarily litigating the outcomes of last month's elections.
For more than two weeks, the election results that put conservative former first lady Sandra Torres and progressive former diplomat Bernardo Arévalo in a runoff together went uncertified. Several losing parties requested injunctions and the Constitutional Court ordered a review of challenged precinct vote tallies.
The observers said some political parties tried to use very isolated errors to sow doubt about the trustworthiness of the election and suggest there were systematic problems. After the review, for which the observers were also present, the results were "almost identical to the preliminary results," the mission wrote.