Guatemalan president-elect Bernardo Arevalo called on Wednesday on the president to seek the resignation of the attorney general, who is investigating Arevalo’s party, amid accusations by his supporters that authorities are blocking a transition.
Arevalo accused President Alejandro Giammattei of remaining silent and called on him in a letter to request that Attorney General Maria Consuelo Porras step down.
The prosecutors’ office said she would not do so.
“During this entire process you, Dr Giammattei, have been silent. The people have interpreted your silence as consent to the undermining of our democratic institutions. Your silence is an insult to the Guatemalan people,” Arevalo said in the letter.
