Guatemala with unprecedented national strike awaiting resignation of attorney general

Online News Editor
October 9, 2023
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José Carlos Móvil

Guatemala City, Oct 9 (EFE) – Guatemala is experiencing an unprecedented national strike on Monday, after a week of road blockades, to demand the resignation of the attorney general and head of the Public Ministry, Consuelo Porras Argueta, who is not considering leaving her post.

With more than 120 road blockades throughout the country, the Central American country is going through a heated moment after a week of demonstrations against Porras Argueta, whom the demonstrators accuse of trying to modify this year’s electoral results.

During the last seven days, the protests took place on highways and at the Public Ministry headquarters, but this Monday at least 200 people arrived at one of the Attorney General’s residences to personally demand her resignation.

Porras Argueta was not in the place, but it is not discarded that in the next hours, the demonstrators will look for the attorney general in other residences, as well as other members of the Public Prosecutor’s Office.

In total, there were around 200 people who arrived at Porras Argueta’s residence, and certified, thanks to the entrance enabled for some of them, that the Attorney General was not in the place.

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