Guatemalan president calls for transition of power to anti-corruption crusader Arévalo

By SONIA PÉREZ D. AND MEGAN JANETSKY
Associated Press

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei is calling for a democratic transition of power to anti-corruption campaigner and president-elect Bernardo Arévalo and his party Seed Movement, which have faced waves of legal attacks in attempts to block his rise to power. Giammattei’s statement Tuesday comes after a night of electoral political chaos in the Central American nation following one of its most tumultuous elections in recent history. Hours before the country’s Supreme Electoral Tribunal certified late Monday that Arévalo won this month’s presidential runoff election, the countrys electoral registry suspended his party from all political activities. The Seed Movement party has asked the country’s top electoral authority to lift the suspension, saying it was illegal.