1、 https:/crsreports.congress.gov Updated July 5, 2019Guatemala: Corruption, Uncertainty Mar August 2019 ElectionsGuatemala held national elections for president, the entire 158-seat congress, 340 mayors, and other local posts on June 16, 2019. The list of candidates on the ballot was finalized one we
2、ek before voting. Candidates were still being ruled ineligiblesome due to corruption allegationsand appealing rulings in early June. Elements of the government allowed some candidates to run and impeded the registrations of others. Such uncertainty likely will lead many to question the outcome. Sinc
3、e none of the 19 presidential candidates won the first round with more than 50% of the vote, the top two candidates will compete in a second round on August 11. The winner is due to be inaugurated in January 2020. Some 7.6 million Guatemalans have registered to vote in this years elections. Corrupti
4、on is once again a primary concern for voters. In response to public outcry over past illegal campaign financing and other electoral crimes, Guatemala adopted electoral law reforms in 2016. Eleven of Guatemalas 27 parties face charges of illicit or unreported campaign financing, and several candidat
