Overview
- President Bernardo Arévalo accused Attorney General Consuelo Porras and Judge Fredy Orellana of orchestrating a coup attempt through judicial maneuvers.
- Judge Fredy Orellana issued a resolution seeking to annul Movimiento Semilla and to declare vacant the presidency, vice presidency, 23 congressional seats and a mayoralty.
- Arévalo requested an extraordinary meeting of the OAS and asked for a special United Nations session to present what he calls threats to the Constitution and democracy.
- He urged Guatemala’s Supreme Court to remove Orellana and called on Congress to avoid actions that could endanger recognition of the 2023 electoral results.
- The OAS said the 2023 vote that elected Arévalo was legitimate and it is monitoring events, while Porras and Orellana remain under U.S. and EU sanctions for alleged corruption.