Guatemala heads for elections tomorrow
Guatemala heads for elections tomorrow
September 05, 2015 - 12:00:00 am
Guatemala City: Guate-mala’s presidential candidates wrapped up their campaigns yesterday, two days ahead of elections at the end of a tumultuous week during which the country’s disgraced leader was jailed after months of unprecedented protests.
Sunday’s elections have been upended by the firestorm that engulfed the administration of conservative president Otto Perez, who was finally forced to resign hours before a court hearing on Thursday at which a judge remanded him in custody to face prosecution for corruption.
With Guatemalans increasingly exasperated with politics-as-usual, the long-time frontrunner in the presidential race, right-wing lawyer Manuel Baldizon, has been overtaken by comedian and political outsider Jimmy Morales, according to a poll released on Thursday.
Morales, who rose to fame playing the role of a naive cowboy who accidentally ends up becoming president, has 25 percent support to 22.9 percent for Baldizon and 18.4 percent for former first lady Sandra Torres, the poll found.
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