Guatemalan court validates Mazariegos' re-election as Usac rector

Guatemala's Constitutional Court has officially confirmed Walter Mazariegos' re-election as rector of the University of San Carlos (Usac). The court's final resolutions nullify earlier judicial orders that had suspended the election process, which took place in April.

Sources indicate that the court's presidency submitted expediente numbers 3901-2026, 3886-2026, and 3477-2026 for signature. Two of these relate to appeals filed by university authorities against the suspension of the rectorial election. These appeals followed provisional suspensions issued by two lower courts based on alleged irregularities in the April 8 election held in Antigua Guatemala.

One of these amparo petitions was definitively granted, suspending the election. This had cast doubt on the future of the university's leadership renewal process. The Constitutional Court's latest decision appears to resolve these challenges, although the opposition group Usac Dignidad y Resistencia points out that modifications to university regulations have limited the avenues for challenging the process, primarily to amparo petitions.

As of now, neither the opposition nor Usac authorities have been officially notified of the Constitutional Court's final decisions.