Bernardo Arevalo, Guatemala's surprise second-place finisher in a recent vote for the presidency, says the government is behind attempts to push him out of the race
of the June 25 vote after the ruling party Vamos, first-place finisher Sandra Torres, and other allied parties alleged there were irregularities., including from the United States and the European Union who have said there were no indications of problems with the results. The Organization of American States said its election observers would return to monitor the review.
Arevalo is set to face former first lady Sandra Torres in the run-off on August 20. Manuel Conde, candidate for ruling party of outgoing President Alejandro Giammattei, came third. Arevalo's fledgling Semilla party, which was founded in 2017 and has strong links to Guatemala's anti-corruption movement, is also set to take 23 seats in Congress if preliminary results of the June 25 vote stand.Arevalo has campaigned on promises to bring back judges, prosecutors and journalists who have fled the country in the wake of the government shutting down the U.N.-backed anti-graft body known as CICIG in 2019.
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