The struggle to certify the results of Guatemala’s presidential vote suffers another setback

By SONIA PÉREZ D.
Associated Press

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — The struggle to certify the results of Guatemala’s first-round presidential elections has suffered another setback, after the chief justice of the Supreme Court issued an order blocking the certification. Chief Justice Silvia Valdés Quezada issued the  unusual order late Friday. She stipulated the process could not go forward until the agency that conducted a review of vote tally sheets reported back to her on their methods and any inconsistencies found. The reviews witnessed by the AP found improperly marked or counted votes amounted to less than 1% of the total, not enough to change the results