Guatemala's top court ends candidacy of leading presidential hopeful 1 month before vote

May 26, 2023

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala’s top court blocked the candidacy of another presidential hopeful on Friday, this time ending the campaign of poll leader Carlos Pineda for alleged violations of electoral law.

The Constitutional Court rejected Pineda’s appeal after electoral authorities had ruled him ineligible only a month before the first round of voting June 25.

“The Constitutional Court has put an end to this country’s democracy,” Pineda told the AP in a phone interview. “The co-optation of the state prevailed, the rein of corruption and the dictatorship,” Pineda said. “It’s incredible. I feel like dead.”

Pineda said his final hope rests with the people of Guatemala, that the majority would cast a null vote and that new elections would be held.

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