Guatemalan Government Warns
Of Conspiracy Against It
GUATEMALA (AP) - Guatemala's government
accused opponents Thursday of conspiring
against it, and claimed they could be
preparing to oust President Alvaro Colom.
In advertisements published in local
newspapers, Colom's administration says
Guatemala could face a "break with
institutional order equal to what they did
in Honduras."
Former Honduran President Manuel Zelaya was
ousted in a June 2009 coup.
The ads did not specifically mention a coup,
or identify the purported plotters.
But the ad said "there are groups of
businessmen, politicians, mafias and
criminals that have joined in a common
strategy" to "erode" and "wear down" the
government.
Colom has faced criticism over violent
crime, and an anti-poverty aid program that
critics say lacks transparency.
Opposition congresswoman Nineth Montenegro
of the Encounter for Guatemala party said
people are fed up with the country's
problems with killings, kidnappings and drug
trafficking, but ruled out the chances of a
coup.
"The scenario (of a coup) is something that
only the president sees," said Montenegro.
"Even if it were attempted, we wouldn't
permit it." |
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