Slow going in the Guatemalan congress

Representatives of several political parties have criticized the Supreme Electoral Tribunal for a delay in transmitting September 11's results, inadequate training at polling stations, lack of legal certainty in the registration of candidates, refusal to settle lawsuits and lack of security in the handling of the bags elections.

As of today, we still do not know the final distribution of seats in the Guatemalan congress. Here are the results based upon what El Periodico has up on its website. 

However, El Periodico reports that the calculations were based upon the results of 99.49% of the polling stations. The Guatemalan Republican Front (FRG) and the Unionist party continue to battle over one seat so their numbers are not final. In Izabal, UNE requested a review of votes to determine if its candidate had won a seat rather than the PP who the TSE has the seat going to. 

Earlier in the week, the URNG lost its seat in Huehuetenango. Initially, they thought that the URNG's Walter Felix had won. Guatemalan electoral authorities say that they initially made a mistake by giving votes from the ANN, Winaq, and URNG to Felix. However, once they realized that the three had not entered into an electoral coalition in Huehuentenago, they took the ANN and Winaq votes away from Felix and the seat went to the PP. 

The URNG has sent a letter to the Organization of American States’ electoral mission stating that they might have been the victim of fraud. If the results stand, the left will have only two seats in congress. Now, we can say that it is a disappointing performance for the left in Guatemala.