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Guatemala is approaching a train wreck between the executive branch and the corrupt deputies of Congress who refuse to declare a state of calamity that would allow the president, Bernardo Arévalo, to face the destruction of road infrastructure caused by heavy rains, lack of maintenance and the poor quality of the materials used in often unfinished works.
At least eighty slackers are being exposed, led by the former president of Congress and deputy for Sololá, Allan RodrÃguez, who together with the ?clicas? In the Public Ministry and in the courts they form the driving force of kleptocracy and narcopolitics, which tries to wear down the Arévalo government and its ministers, with excessive subpoenas and simulations of inspection that they never did during previous governments.
While during the administration of Alejandro Giammattei they approved eleven states of calamity; Now, since the executive does not offer them money under the table, they refuse to decree a state of calamity to address the emergency.
President Arévalo has ordered the Ministry of Defense and the Army Engineer Battalion to work on reestablishing communication routes collapsed due to heavy rains.
For many years, white-collar thieves and oligarchic businessmen looted the budget of the Ministry of Communications and Public Works, and now, through legal tricks and misinformation, they accuse the president and his party, Movimiento Semilla, of refusing to negotiate and lack political office.
Arévalo has stood up to them by making public his assets declaration and we will see if as the days go by this attempt to hinder the governance of the country does not result in another trap for the "dipu-ratas", as has already happened in recent years.
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