During a press conference, the Guatemalan president, Bernardo Arévalo He explained that the appointed governors and alternate governors correspond to Guatemala, Jalapa and Quiché.
In the case of Totonicapan y Progress, only a titular governor was appointed; Meanwhile in Izabal, Santa Rosa, San Marcos and Zacapaonly substitutes were named.
There are some cases, such as those of Chiquimula y Petenwhich are pending resolution legal resources in the Constitutional Court.
Arévalo explained that, in cases where files were returned, the call will not be reopened and that members of civil society Codede must integrate the shortlists with the aspirants that they had applied last February.
The president highlighted that all governors of the remaining departments will be replaced.
Appointments
- In the department of Guatemala, the titular governor is Diego Eduardo de León Barrios; and the substitute, Cristian Joselito Tzorin García.
- In Progress Only Karoll Elyana Paredes Zacarías was named titular governor.
- Delfina Celestina García Reyes was appointed governor of Totonicapan and the substitute was pending.
- In QuicheMélinton Estuardo Solórzano Rivera is named as a starter and Hector Morán Vin as a substitute.
- Gladis Judith Vásquez López, is appointed governor of Jalapa; and Brenda del Carmen Raymundo Guzmán, as substitute.
- Francisco Arturo Echeverría Jordan is named substitute in Zacapa.
In 11 departments the shortlists will be returned.
Codedes civil society has 5 days to send new shortlists.
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- In IzabalMauricio Boanerjes Sazo Vasquez is appointed alternate governor.
- In Saint MarkRolando López Crisóstomo was named as a substitute.
- In Santa RosaAllan Javier Melgar Solares was appointed as alternate governor.
- The rest of the departments will continue with the current governors, while the Departmental Development Councils (Codedes) forward the files of the shortlists.
Justification
The president commented that They will not be given “a blank check” rather, the functions are established by law and they must coordinate actions at the departmental level on behalf of the president.
“In several departments we have not found people who, according to these parameters, leave us satisfied in terms of the conditions to receive public trust to exercise the functions of governor,” Arévalo argued.
He assured that all the governors appointed by Alejandro Giammattei They will be relieved eventually. He ruled out the possibility of appointing interim governors while the final process is completed in the areas where the shortlists were returned or there are protections.
I explain that following the Codedes were notified regarding the decision They have five days to send new shortlists for president. The president trusts that lists will be sent with people who meet the requirements he is looking for.
“We have seen that in some departments Those same rules have managed to produce shortlists in which there is at least one candidate that meets these basic conditions to be a repository of public trust, once more, without this constituting a blank check,” he indicated.
He added that in the same way the new governors will be “under the magnifying glass” and that they will enter into a regulatory framework transformation process so that acts of possible cooptation do not occur in the Councils or non-governmental representations.
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