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Saturday 07 May 2011 |
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Guatemala:
Voter
Registration
Drive in
Four
Mayan
Languages
Guatemala
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The
Supreme
Electoral
Court
announced
that its
voter
registration
drive
would
include
materials
in four
Mayan
languages,
Mam,
Qeqchi,
Kiche,
and
Kaqchikel.
A total
of
35,000
announcements
will be
broadcast
over 91
radio
stations
inviting
indigenous
Guatemalans
to
register
to vote,
as part
of a
drive to
promote
more
participation
in the
upcoming
September
elections.
Supreme
Electoral
Court
president
Maria
Eugenia
Villagran
said the
broadcasts
would be
heard
throughout
Guatemala,
but
would
focuse
on
regions
where
most the
indigenous
communities
are
located.
These
include
de
Totonicapan,
Solola,
Quiche,
Alta
Verapaz,
Chimaltenango,
Baja
Verapaz
and
Huehuetenango.
The
campaign
is aimed
about
providing
information
on all
aspects
of the
elections
in a
dynamic
way,
Villagran
said.
Augusto
Tul Rax,
president
of the
Maya
Language
Academy,
said the
step was
positive,
but that
it
should
be
expanded
to
include
more the
country's
22
languages,
including
Garifuna
and
Xinka.
Campaigning
officially
started
on May 2
for the
September
elections,
when
voters
will
choose
the
president,
333
mayors,
and
deputies
to the
national
parliament
and the
Central
American
Parliament. |
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