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Weekly Report - 11 August 2011 (WR-11-32)
GUATEMALA: The final word on Torres’ candidacy
“A lost battle but not a lost war”. This was the response by former First Lady Sandra Torres to the definitive ruling by the constitutional court (CC) which leaves her out of the 11 September presidential race and the centre-left ruling Unidad Nacional de la Esperanza (UNE) and its right-leaning ally, Gran Alianza Nacional (Gana) without a candidate. Hailed by some as a “boost” for Guatemala’s institutions, particularly given initial fears that the UNE would not respect the verdict or resultant electoral process, the decision leaves current frontrunner, right-wing former general Otto Pérez Molina of the Partido Patriota (PP) near assured of victory although, with recent polls showing him slipping, a first round win could prove elusive.
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