In the first 100 days of Bernardo Arévalo’s term, six topics dominated conversations on social networks around the president, Vice President Karin Herrera and the new government.
On January 15, the inauguration was the highest peak of this period achieving a total reach of 96 million. The most mentioned related topics were the new president, the victory obtained, the visit of the Colombian president Gustavo Petro and various congratulatory messages to Arévalo.
The messages and interactions were also based on comments of support, celebration and around the other international visitors who came for the inauguration.
Four days later, on January 19, the president requested to hold a working meeting with the Head of the Public Ministry (MP), Consuelo Porras, in the presidential office to learn details regarding criminal proceedings linked to decisions of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. (IACHR), criminal prosecution criteria in cases of freedom of expression and press, investigation into the purchase of vaccines for covid-19 and the protocol for action in the face of precautionary measures from the IACHR.
The election of deputy Nery Ramos from the Blue bench as president of Congress was also part of the conversations. As well as the reform of the agreement that former president Alejando Giammattei signed days before leaving office which provided state security to his former officials. This day the publications regarding it reached seven million in reach.
On January 24, a peak of interaction was once more generated regarding the Attorney General because in a press conference Arévalo said that he would summon Porras to go to the Council of Ministers.
She stated that she was obliged to attend according to the legal basis and that her resignation was “a generalized request.” This context generated publications regarding governance and democracy considering that she was accused of trying to prevent the president’s inauguration.
Corruption, transparency and political responsibility were also mentioned as topics. The reach obtained was 14 million.
On January 29, Porras invited Arévalo to a meeting at the MP’s headquarters. The same day at a press conference, the president referred to the fact that legal actions were being analyzed once morest the Head of the MP for having withdrawn from the Council of Ministers to which he had been summoned a few minutes following it had begun.
Also part of the messages was the revocation of a provisional protection that maintained Alejandra Carrillo as head of the Victim Institute. As well as the promise of salary reductions for Executive officials. The reach was also 14 million.
The fourth peak with 16 million reach was the fire in the Agua Volcano and the attention to it on February 22. It was Vice President Herrera who presented the report on the actions to control and liquidate the incident in the colossus, this because she was the acting president.
Arévalo was on a presidential tour visiting Spain where he was received by King Felipe VI.
The last point was on March 26, also with 16 million, when the president participated before the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS). In this he referred to the crisis in Venezuela. He also requested support from the international organization in the process of electing judges of the Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ) and courts of Appeals.
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