{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.kaine.senate.gov/press-releases/statement-from-lawmakers-on-guatemalan-attorney-generals-attempt-to-nullify-fair-election", "Statement from Lawmakers on Guatemalan Attorney General\u2019s Attempt to Nullify Fair Election", "2023-12-08", "2023", "2023-12", "Democrat", "Senate", "VA", "Tim Kaine", "K000384", "www.kaine.senate.gov", "kaine", "https://www.kaine.senate.gov/news", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Peter Welch (D-VT), and Laphonza Butler (D-CA) and U.S. Representatives Norma J. Torres (D-CA-35) and Delia C. Ramirez (D-IL-3) released the following statement regarding the Guatemalan Attorney General\u2019s attempt to nullify the fair election of anti-corruption reformist President-elect Bernardo Ar\u00e9valo and Vice President-Elect Karin Herrera:\n\n\u201cWe categorically condemn and reject the Guatemalan Attorney General\u2019s declaration that Guatemala\u2019s national election results are \u2018null and void.\u2019 The Attorney General\u2019s continued efforts to overturn the election and brazenly defy the will of the Guatemalan voter yet again threaten to undermine Guatemala\u2019s political and economic stability and its standing in the international community. The election results must be upheld, and we call on the Constitutional Court to reject the Attorney General's arbitrary attempts to nullify the election. President Giammattei must demonstrate leadership and uphold his stated commitment to a peaceful transition of power. We call on President Giammattei and Attorney General Mar\u00eda Consuelo Porras to immediately stop this attempted coup.\u201d\n\nThe Attorney General had previously filed spurious charges against President-elect Ar\u00e9valo, Vice President-Elect Herrera, and other officials and attempted to strip them of their pre-trial immunity. While President Alejandro Giammattei has publicly acknowledged Arevalo\u2019s electoral victory, the Attorney General has continued to systematically attempt to undermine the electoral transition and engage in targeted investigations against the President-elect's political party and other democracy defenders. Guatemala\u2019s Supreme Electoral Tribunal, the country\u2019s top electoral court, has indicated it will not hold a repeat of these elections and that the results are unalterable. In November, Senators Kaine, Durbin, Merkley, and Welch condemned those attacks on democracy in Guatemala, and underscored how those actions are destabilizing for the entire region.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T01:14:16Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.kaine.senate.gov/press-releases/statement-from-lawmakers-on-guatemalan-attorney-generals-attempt-to-nullify-fair-election"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8522078860551119, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}