GHRC Quick Take: Judge Gálvez On Elections and Detention of Indigenous Leaders GHRC recently published an update on developments in Guatemala, provided by GHRC Fellow Judge Miguel Ángel Gálvez. Some highlights include: Secondary elections are underway in Guatemala. What are these and why are they important? Secondary elections, also known as second-degree elections, are so named because, unlike first- degree elections, in which citizens directly participate to elect the President of the Republic and Congress, in these processes, elected authorities appoint other government officials, mainly within the justice sector.

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