2023 Guatemalan general election

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2023 Guatemalan general election

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Presidential election

Incumbent President

Alejandro Giammattei
Vamos



Legislative election

All 160 seats in Congress
81 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Current seats
UNE Adim Maldonado 52
Vamos Víctor Valenzuela 17
ValorUnionist Álvaro Arzú E. 11
BIEN Fidel Reyes Lee 8
FCN Jimmy Morales 8
Semilla Jonathan Menkos 7
VIVA Evelyn Morataya 7
WinaqURNG Sonia Gutiérrez 7
Todos Felipe Alejos 6
CREO Óscar Chinchilla 6
PHG Laura Mérida 6
Victoria Juan Carlos Rivera 2
PAN Aníbal Rojas 2
MLP Blanca Julia Ajtún 1
Podemos Ronald Sierra 1
Independents 16
Incumbent President of the Congress
Shirley Rivera
Vamos

General elections will be held in Guatemala on 25 June 2023 to elect the president and vice president, all 160 seats of the Congress, all 20 members of the Central American Parliament, and mayors and councils for all 340 municipalities in the country. Incumbent president Alejandro Giammattei is constitutionally prohibited from running for a second four-year term.[1][2]

Background[edit]

In July 2021, Attorney General, María Consuelo Porras, dismissed the head of the special prosecutor's office against impunity, Juan Francisco Sandoval. Sandoval left the country shortly afterwards to 'protect [his] life and integrity'. The Attorney General subsequently increased investigations on judges, lawyers and prosecutors linked to the fight against corruption; several former investigators of the Special Prosecutor's Office against Impunity (FECI) and the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) were arrested in 2022 and others forced into exile or else continually harassed.[3][4] Among the exiled judges are Miguel Ángel Gálvez (known for handling the La Línea corruption case) and Erika Aifan (awarded with the International Women of Courage Award in 2021).[4] In September 2021, the United States Department of State announced that it had added Porras to a list of "undemocratic and corrupt" officials.[5] According to the US State Department, Porras "actively undermined" the corruption investigations conducted by Sandoval and his team.[5] Among those sanctioned by the United States are also the Secretary General of the Public Ministry Ángel Pineda and the head of the Special Prosecutor's Office Against Impunity and Porras' right-hand man, Rafael Curruchiche.[6]

At the end of July 2022, the police arrested journalist José Rubén Zamora, founder of the daily El Periódico, and searched the newspaper's headquarters, which had accused President Alejandro Giammattei and Attorney General Consuelo Porras of corruption.[7] Some journalists also went into exile after the Public Ministry began investigations against them.[8] During the trial of José Rubén Zamora in 2023, a judge asked to initiate an investigation against nine journalists.[9] In November 2022, Amnesty International declared Virginia Laparra a "prisoner of conscience". Laparra was one of the jailed anti-corruption prosecutors who was part of Juan Francisco Sandoval's team.[10]

The United Nations and the European Union condemned the investigations of anti-corruption prosecutors in Guatemala and expressed that these procedures "weaken" the rule of law.[11] The International Federation for Human Rights, the World Organisation Against Torture and other NGOs warn in 2022 about the "strengthening of authoritarian rule" in Guatemala and declare that the country "experiencing an alarming phenomenon of capture and control of public institutions by economic and political elites".[12]

Registration of candidates[edit]

The registration of candidates for the elections has also been clouded by criticism for the "unclear" arguments used by the Registry of Citizens and the magistrates of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal. The ticket of Movement for the Liberation of Peoples was not registered due to "legal problems" of the vice-presidential candidate Jordán Rodas;[13] while Roberto Arzú's candidacy was revoked for allegedly carrying out "anticipated campaigning".[13] Presidential candidate Edmond Mulet was denounced by the Public Ministry for three consecutive days. The first complaint he received was for having spoken out against the investigation of the nine journalists during the Zamora trial, while the other two were for allegedly engaging in "anticipated campaigning" for which reason Mulet's participation is uncertain.[14][15] The Supreme Court of Justice rejected the challenge, however, on 11 May, the Public Ministry challenged Mulet's candidacy before the Constitutional Court.[16]

On 21 March 2023, the Electoral Tribunal announced that it had rejected the candidacy of the center-right party Commitment, Renewal and Order due to "legal problems" of presidential candidate Francisco Arredondo.[17] The political party filed a legal appeal to reverse the decision of the electoral court, finally, the magistrates accepted the appeal and registered Arredondo as a presidential candidate.[18] The candidacies presented by the Opportunities and Development Party were annulled for not correctly carrying out their nomination assemblies.[19]

Cabal[20] and URNGWinaq coalition[21] challenged the candidacy of Zury Ríos before the Registry of Citizens, stating that the Constitution prevented her from running for the presidency because she is the daughter of former president Efraín Ríos Montt who came to power through of a coup. Although the appeals were dismissed, Cabal also challenged before the Supreme Court of Justice and the Constitutional Court but they were rejected and Ríos's candidacy remained firm.[20][22]

Todos challenged the candidacy of Sandra Torres before the Registry of Citizens, the Supreme Court of Justice and the Constitutional Court, affirming that Romeo Guerra, Torres's nominee for vice president, had a constitutional impediment, since the Constitution prevents ministers of worship to running for President and Vice President and Guerra was an evangelical pastor before becoming Torres's running mate. The process was rejected by the Electoral Registry and the Supreme Court of Justice, while the Constitutional Court.[23][24] Finally, the Constitutional Court rejected the legal challenge and Torres's candidacy was maintained.[25]

In May 2023, Change challenged the candidacy of Carlos Pineda before the Supreme Court of Justice. The legal resource affirms that there are "irregularities" in the nomination assemblies of Citizen Prosperity.[26] On 19 May, a judge accepted the legal appeal presented, so Carlos Pineda's candidacy was annulled, along with 218 other candidates for deputies and mayors from Citizen Prosperity.[27][28]

The opposition party Movimiento Semilla has alleged "irregularities" in a case against it for allegedly forging the signature of a party affiliate. The file was transferred from the Electoral Crimes Prosecutor's Office to the Special Prosecutor's Office Against Impunity led by Curruchiche. Presidential candidate Bernardo Arévalo mentioned that these actions put the party's electoral participation at risk.[29] Deputy Samuel Pérez Álvarez alleged "partiality" on the part of the judicial authorities. He also indicated that in 2015, the Registry of Citizens detected alleged anomalies in almost 12,000 signatures of members of the Progressive Liberator Party (now Valor) and the process has not advanced.[30][31]

The opposition party Will, Opportunity and Solidarity led by presidential candidate Manuel Villacorta was denounced for allegedly falsifying affiliate signatures in May 2023. Villacorta has previously denounced "systematic attacks" to curb his party's participation.[32][33]

Campaign[edit]

Fraud allegations[edit]

Some political parties and their presidential candidates such as Amílcar Rivera (Victory),[34] Bernardo Arévalo (Movimiento Semilla),[34] Manuel Villacorta (Will, Opportunity and Solidarity),[35] Amílcar Pop (URNGWinaq) have openly expressed the possibility of electoral fraud. To these denunciations are also added the excluded presidential candidates Thelma Cabrera (Movement for the Liberation of Peoples),[36] Roberto Arzú (Podemos)[35] and Carlos Pineda.[37]

Electoral system[edit]

The President of Guatemala is elected using the two-round system.[38]

Congress[edit]

The 160 members of Congress are elected by two methods; 130 are elected from 22 multi-member constituencies based on the departments, with the remaining 31 elected from a single nationwide constituency. Seats are elected using closed list proportional representation, with seats allocated using the D'Hondt method.[38]

District Seats
Alta Verapaz 9
Baja Verapaz 2
Chimaltenango 5
Chiquimula 3
El Progreso 2
Escuintla 6
Guatemala 19
Guatemala City 11
Huehuetenango 10
Izabal 3
Jalapa 3
Jutiapa 4
National List 32
Petén 4
Quetzaltenango 7
Quiché 8
Retalhuleu 3
Sacatepéquez 3
San Marcos 9
Santa Rosa 3
Sololá 3
Suchitepéquez 5
Totonicapán 4
Zacapa 2
Total 160

Presidential candidates[edit]

Party Presidential candidate Vice presidential candidate[a] Date declared
UNE
UNE
Sandra Torres 2019 (croppedb).jpg Sandra Torres
First Lady of Guatemala
(2008–2011)
Romeo Guerra 8 January 2023[39]
Valor
Valor

Unionist
Unionist
Zury Ríos Sosa (portrait).jpg Zury Ríos (Valor)
2nd Vice President of the Congress
(2000–2004)

Member of the Congress
(1996–2012)
Héctor Cifuentes (Unionist)
Member of the Congress
(2000–2004)

Minister of Labor
(1997–1998)
11 December 2022[40]
Cabal Brimmer Mulet (cropped) (cropped).jpg Edmond Mulet
Head of MINUSTAH
(2006–2007; 2010–2011)

President of the Congress
(1992–1993)

Member of the Congress
(1982–1993)
Máximo Santa Cruz 11 December 2022[41]
VOS Doctor Manuel Ricardo Villacorta Orantes.jpg Manuel Villacorta
Ambassador to Israel
(1999–2000)
Jorge Mario García España 26 February 2023[42]
Vamos
Vamos
Manuel Conde Orellana (cropped).jpg Manuel Conde
Member of the Congress
(2016–present)

Member of the Central American
Parliament

(1991–1996)
Luis Antonio Suárez 7 January 2023[43]
Todos
Todos
Ricardo Sagastume (2015).jpg Ricardo Sagastume
Minister of Economy
(2015)
Guillermo González 23 October 2022[44]
Blue
Party
Isaac Farchi (cropped).jpg Isaac Farchi
Member of the Congress
(1996–2000)
Mauricio Zaldaña 4 December 2022[45]
PHG
PHG
Diputado Rudio Lecsan Merida Herrera.jpg Rudio Lecsan Mérida
Member of the Congress
(1996–2000; 2020–present)

Head of PNC
(2000–2001)
Rubén Darío Rosales
Mayor of Santa María Cahabón
(2008–2012)
10 December 2022[46]
Republican
Party
Rafael Espada 2009 (cropped).jpg Rafael Espada
Member of the Central American
Parliament

(2012–2016)

Vice President of Guatemala
(2008–2012)
Arturo Herrador 14 January 2023[47]
National
Integration
Party
Luis Lam Padilla June 2021 (cropped).jpg Luis Lam Padilla
Ambassador to the United Nations
(2019–2022)
Otto Marroquín 8 January 2023[48]
Elephant
Community
Portrait placeholder.svg Hugo Peña Hugo Jhonson 11 February 2023[49]
Victory
Victory
(Amílcar Rivera) Visita a la Municipalidad de Mixco (7-2-2011) (cropped).jpg Amílcar Rivera
Mayor of Mixco
(2004–2012)
Fernando Mazariegos 15 January 2023[50]
Semilla
Semilla
Cesar Bernardo Arévalo de León (cropped).jpg Bernardo Arévalo
Member of the Congress
(2020–present)

Ambassador to Spain
(1995–1996)

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
(1994–1995)
Karin Larissa Herrera 22 January 2023[51]
FCN
FCN
Sammy Morales (cropped2).jpg Sammy Morales Miguel Ángel Moir 12 February 2023[52]
PPN Portrait placeholder.svg Rudy Guzmán Diego González
Member of the Congress
(2020–present)
22 January 2023[53]
Republican
Union
Portrait placeholder.svg Giulio Talamonti
Director of the Penitentiary System
(2009)
Oscar Barrientos 29 January 2023[54]
URNG
URNG

Winaq
Winaq
Amílcar Pop.jpg Amílcar Pop (Winaq)
Member of the Central American
Parliament

(2020–present)

Member of the Congress
(2012–2020)
Mónica Enríquez (URNG) 29 January 2023[55]
CREO Francisco Arredondo 2014.jpg Francisco Arredondo
Minister of Public Health
(2012)
Francisco Bermúdez Amado
Minister of Defense
(2005–2006)
26 February 2023[56]
BIEN
BIEN
Portrait placeholder.svg Giovanni Reyes Oscar Figueroa 12 February 2023[57]
VIVA
VIVA
Armando Castillo 20220114 (cropped).jpg Armando Castillo
3rd Vice President of the Congress
(2020–2022)

Member of the Congress
(2020–present)
Édgar Grisolia 11 February 2023[58]
My Family Portrait placeholder.svg Julio Rivera Clavería
Deputy Minister of the Interior
(1988–1989; 2012)
José Urrutia Estrada 18 March 2023[59]
Change Álvaro Trujillo Baldizón.jpg Álvaro Trujillo Baldizón
Member of the Congress
(2012–2016)
Miguel Ángel Ibarra
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
(2008–2010)
5 February 2023[60]

Rejected[edit]

Party Presidential candidate Vice presidential candidate[a] Date declared
MLP
MLP
Thelma Cabrera 2019 (croppeda).jpg Thelma Cabrera Jordán Rodas Andrade.jpg Jordán Rodas
Ombudsman
(2017–2022)
28 December 2022[61]
Podemos
Podemos
Roberto Arzú 2019 (cropped).jpg Roberto Arzú David Pineda 11 December 2022[62]
PODER Portrait placeholder.svg Óscar Rodolfo Castañeda
Minister of Agriculture
(2000)

Member of the Congress
(1996–2000)
Luis Adrián Ruiz
Deputy Minister of Communications
(2012)
19 March 2023[63]
PC
PC
Portrait placeholder.svg Carlos Pineda Efraín Orozco 5 February 2023[64]

Declined[edit]

Parties[edit]

The following political parties did not run for a presidential ticket, but did run candidates for deputies and mayors.

Individuals[edit]

Congress[edit]

Party Leader 2019 result
Votes (%) Seats
National Unity of Hope Adim Maldonado (2017).jpg Adim Maldonado 17.92%
54 / 160
Vamos Víctor Valenzuela (48934164966) (cropped).jpg Víctor Valenzuela 7.96%
17 / 160
Valor Álvaro Enrique Arzú Escobar (cropped).jpg Álvaro Arzú Escobar 4.55%
9 / 160
Unionist Party 2.93%
3 / 160
National Convergence Front President Trump Meets with the President of Guatemala (49235087891) (cropped).jpg Jimmy Morales 5.23%
8 / 160
Bienestar Nacional Portrait placeholder.svg Fidel Reyes Lee 4.79%
8 / 160
Movimiento Semilla Jonathan Menkos (Asamblea General) (cropped).jpg Jonathan Menkos 5.24%
7 / 160
Vision with Values Evelyn Morataya (cropped).jpg Evelyn Morataya 4.70%
7 / 160
Todos Felipe Alejos (cropped) (cropped).jpg Felipe Alejos 4.39%
7 / 160
Winaq Retrato oficial de Sonia Marina Gutierrez Raguay, Deputada del Congreso (cropped).jpg Sonia Gutiérrez 3.50%
4 / 160
Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity 2.78%
3 / 160
Humanist Party of Guatemala Portrait placeholder.svg Laura Mérida 4.66%
6 / 160
Commitment, Renewal and Order Óscar Chinchilla (cropped 2).jpg Óscar Chinchilla 4.40%
6 / 160
Victory Portrait placeholder.svg Juan Carlos Rivera 2.51%
4 / 160
National Advancement Party Aníbal Rojas 2022 (cropped2).jpg Aníbal Rojas 2.72%
2 / 160
Movement for the Liberation of Peoples Blanca Julia Ajtún (2023).jpg Blanca Julia Ajtún 2.98%
1 / 160
Podemos Ronald Sierra (2012).jpg Ronald Sierra 1.68%
1 / 160
National Change Union[b] 5.46%
12 / 160
Republican Union Portrait placeholder.svg Herber Melgar Padilla New party
Blue Party Portrait placeholder.svg Jorge Mario Villagrán New party
Nosotros Nadia de León Torres (cropped).jpg Nadia de León Torres New party
Cabal Julio Héctor Estrada (cropped).jpg Julio Héctor Estrada New party
Change Portrait placeholder.svg Jorge Baldizón New party
Guatemalan People's Party Portrait placeholder.svg Elder Zoel Arévalo New party
Republican Party Carlos Velásquez Monge (cropped).jpg Carlos Velásquez New party
Elephant Community Portrait placeholder.svg Rodrigo Pellecer New party
National Integration Party Portrait placeholder.svg Henry Castillo New party
Will, Opportunity and Solidarity Orlando Blanco 2019 (2).jpg Orlando Blanco New party
My Family Portrait placeholder.svg Byron López New party

Opinion polls[edit]

2023 Guatemalan presidential polls.svg

Results[edit]

President[edit]

CandidateRunning mateParty
Zury RíosHéctor CifuentesValorUnionist
Sandra TorresRomeo GuerraNational Unity of Hope
Isaac FarchiMauricio ZaldañaBlue Party
Edmond MuletMáximo Santa CruzCabal
Ricardo SagastumeGuillermo GonzálezTodos
Manuel CondeLuis Antonio SuárezVamos
Rudio Lecsan MéridaRubén Darío RosalesHumanist Party
Rafael EspadaArturo HerradorRepublican Party
Luis Lam PadillaOtto MarroquínNational Integration Party
Amílcar RiveraFernando MazariegosVictory
Rudy GuzmánDiego GonzálezNosotros
Bernardo ArévaloKarin HerreraSemilla
Giulio TalamontiÓscar BarrientosRepublican Union
Hugo PeñaHugo JhonsonElephant Community
Amílcar PopMónica EnríquezWinaqURNG–MAIZ
Sammy MoralesMiguel Ángel MoirNational Convergence Front
Armando CastilloÉdgar GrisoliaVision with Values
Giovanni ReyesÓscar FigueroaBienestar Nacional
Manuel VillacortaJorge Mario GarcíaWill, Opportunity and Solidarity
Álvaro TrujilloMiguel Ángel IbarraChange
Francisco ArredondoFrancisco BermúdezCommitment, Renewal and Order
Julio RiveraJosé UrrutiaMy Family
Total

Congress[edit]

Party
National Unity of Hope
Vamos
Semilla
National Convergence Front
Bienestar Nacional
Vision with Values
Humanist Party of Guatemala
Valor
Commitment, Renewal and Order
Todos
Winaq
Movement for the Liberation of Peoples
Unionist Party
Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity
National Advancement Party
Victory
Podemos
ValorUnionist
URNG–MAIZWinaq
Republican Union
Blue Party
Nosotros
Cabal
Change
Guatemalan People's Party
Republican Party
Elephant Community
National Integration Party
Will, Opportunity and Solidarity
My Family
Total

Central American Parliament[edit]

Party
National Unity of Hope
Vamos
ValorUnionist
URNG–MAIZWinaq
National Convergence Front
Bienestar Nacional
Todos
Commitment, Renewal and Order
Vision with Values
Semilla
Victory
National Advancement Party
Podemos
Republican Union
Blue Party
Change
Guatemalan People's Party
Republican Party
Elephant Community
National Integration Party
Will, Opportunity and Solidarity
My Family
Total

Mayors[edit]

Party
National Unity of Hope
Vamos
Semilla
National Convergence Front
Bienestar Nacional
Vision with Values
Humanist Party of Guatemala
Valor
Commitment, Renewal and Order
Todos
Winaq
Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity
Movement for the Liberation of Peoples
Unionist Party
National Advancement Party
Victory
Podemos
ValorUnionist
URNG–MAIZWinaq
SemillaURNG–MAIZWinaq
SemillaURNG–MAIZ
Republican Union
Blue Party
Nosotros
Cabal
Change
Guatemalan People's Party
Republican Party
Elephant Community
National Integration Party
Will, Opportunity and Solidarity
My Family
Opportunities and Development Party
Civic Committee
Total

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b Same party as the presidential candidate, unless mentioned in parentheses
  2. ^ Party registration cancelled by the Electoral Tribunal in 2019

References[edit]

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