Strange maneuver occurs in Guatemala Alvaro Colom, and Sandra Torres
GUATEMALA. AFP. The president of Guatemala, Alvaro Colom, and his wife, Sandra Torres, filed for divorce the first lady may be a candidate for head of state, officially.
"The petition for divorce by mutual consent was filed on March 11 and the case known as the Second Court of Family, under Judge Mildred Roca," said Edwin Escobar spokesman for the Supreme Court.
The Constitution prohibits the re-election of head of state, as well as applications from "the relatives within the fourth degree of consanguinity and second degree" of the agent.
Since taking Colom, Torres has handled most of the social assistance schemes in this country, where more than half the population lives in poverty.
Colom and Torres made the decision to divorce as a "sign of commitment and love of Guatemala, and in order to avoid further political manipulation of the opposition," said Jairo Flores Monday, campaign manager of the ruling.
"We appreciate and recognize in it the spirit of sacrifice to serve the country, which confirms its willingness to prioritize, in any event, the interests of the poorest and most forgotten, who are the majority of the population," said Flores.
The main opposition candidate, General Otto Perez Molinam right, Patriotic Party (PP) and who leads the polls for the elections with 42% of the voting intentions, described the divorce as a "fraud."
Torres Divorce "we are not afraid as they (the government) believe, what we will not allow it to mock the law and do fraud," said Perez Molina to version electronic newspaper Prensa Libre.
Colom and his wife requested a divorce despite the fact that the president himself repeatedly said that this "was not an option" so that Torres could achieve their purpose.
"It is ironic that just because a divorce, for a role (Torres) retrieves a civil right" Colom said in January when referring to the candidacy of his wife.
Torres, who remarried in Colombia a decade ago, she co-founded with her husband of the ruling National Union for Hope (UNE, social).
early March
mayors of several municipalities, grouped in a coalition that brings together UNE and the right Grand National Alliance (GANA) arteries taken from the capital to publicly ask Torres to accept run by the coalition.
"I took this decision (bid) for one simple reason, but a very powerful reason: the people, for my country, for the elderly, children, disabled, abandoned, orphaned, by all need of Guatemala, "he argued, then the first lady.
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"The petition for divorce by mutual consent was filed on March 11 and the case known as the Second Court of Family, under Judge Mildred Roca," said Edwin Escobar spokesman for the Supreme Court.
The Constitution prohibits the re-election of head of state, as well as applications from "the relatives within the fourth degree of consanguinity and second degree" of the agent.
Since taking Colom, Torres has handled most of the social assistance schemes in this country, where more than half the population lives in poverty.
Colom and Torres made the decision to divorce as a "sign of commitment and love of Guatemala, and in order to avoid further political manipulation of the opposition," said Jairo Flores Monday, campaign manager of the ruling.
"We appreciate and recognize in it the spirit of sacrifice to serve the country, which confirms its willingness to prioritize, in any event, the interests of the poorest and most forgotten, who are the majority of the population," said Flores.
The main opposition candidate, General Otto Perez Molinam right, Patriotic Party (PP) and who leads the polls for the elections with 42% of the voting intentions, described the divorce as a "fraud."
Torres Divorce "we are not afraid as they (the government) believe, what we will not allow it to mock the law and do fraud," said Perez Molina to version electronic newspaper Prensa Libre.
Colom and his wife requested a divorce despite the fact that the president himself repeatedly said that this "was not an option" so that Torres could achieve their purpose.
"It is ironic that just because a divorce, for a role (Torres) retrieves a civil right" Colom said in January when referring to the candidacy of his wife.
Torres, who remarried in Colombia a decade ago, she co-founded with her husband of the ruling National Union for Hope (UNE, social).
early March
mayors of several municipalities, grouped in a coalition that brings together UNE and the right Grand National Alliance (GANA) arteries taken from the capital to publicly ask Torres to accept run by the coalition.
"I took this decision (bid) for one simple reason, but a very powerful reason: the people, for my country, for the elderly, children, disabled, abandoned, orphaned, by all need of Guatemala, "he argued, then the first lady.
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