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Weekly Report - 14 July 2011 (WR-11-28)
Torres prepares for final battle
It looks bleak for former First Lady Sandra Torres. Her chances of overturning the supreme electoral court (TSE)’s decision to disqualify her from the 11 September presidential race are slim. Having had a series of appeals rejected, the ruling Unidad Nacional de la Esperanza (UNE) and its ally, Gran Alianza Nacional (Gana), on whose ticket Torres was planning to run, has one final resort – the highest court of appeal, the constitutional court (CC). The legal wrangling has invoked comparisons with the November 2003 election in which ex-dictator Efraín Ríos Montt (1982-3) reversed a similar court decision but under the threat of violence, raising major concerns about the state of Guatemala’s democracy. With the UNE itself harking back to this precedent with the threat to hold demonstrations, the battle over Torres’ candidacy could well prove the latest test of the country’s institutions.
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