Indigenous people from the four corners of Guatemala came to the Public Prosecutor's Office (MP) to support the inauguration of the elected presidential couple of Bernardo Arévalo and Karin Herrera. teleSUR
00:00 In Guatemala, indigenous people from the different points of the country arrived at the Public Prosecutor's Office today
00:06 to support the presidential inauguration of Bernardo Arevalo and Karine Herrera.
00:11 The traditional authorities invited the population to appreciate the 105 days of uninterrupted peaceful resistance against the coup d'état
00:19 and to celebrate the beginning of the activities at 5 local times with a Mayan ceremony.
00:25 The demonstrators were joined by residents of San Sebastián Department of Huehue Tenango,
00:30 San Miguel, Las Pilas, San Andrés Cajola Quetzalango, Champerico, Retaluelu, and the Indigenous Land Council of Panzas Verapaz, among others.
00:42 Antonio García, a native leader from Olopa municipality Xiquimula, reported to the press that he came to continue defending democracy
00:50 and the people at this point, adding that they are seeking to avoid breaking the peace process and the rule of law,
00:57 to defend the constitution and not to violate the popular will expressed in the polls.
01:02 Arevalo and Herrera prepared this Sunday a series of cultural events on the 6th Avenue of the historic center of the capital
01:10 and called on citizens to concentrate in different points of the Zone 1 of the city and joined the proposal from 2pm onwards.
01:18 Simón Pález, Indigenous Major of Ulsolola, warned at the beginning of this month that if the elected presidential candidate is not appointed,
01:27 they will carry out mobilizations and assured that the people of Ulsolola is ready to go out to the streets again on January 15th to demonstrate our rights.
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