The CC grants provisional amparos against blockages and warns Guatemala government officials

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April 28, 2025April 28, 2025By Mario Vásquez
The CC grants provisional amparos against blockages and warns Guatemala government officials

This is the second amparo issued against the locks announced by CODECA and that are carried out on Monday.

According to the CC, he reported on Monday, the Plenary of Magistrates met File 2944-2025, related to the Amparo Action in a single instance promoted by the Chamber of Commerce of Guatemala (CCG), against the President of the Republic of Guatemala, Bernardo Arévalo, of the Minister of the Interior, Francisco Jiménez and the general director of the National Civil Police (PNC) Bounted.

This amparo was presented by the CCG on April 27, and according to the Court it is derived from the repeated threat of road blockages and access roads for Monday 28.

According to the CC in his opinion, in addition, since the circumstances concur, as well as the assumptions provided for in article 28 of the Amparo Law, Personal and Constitutional Exhibition, ordered “as on similar occasions”, granting the requested provisional protection.

And he also ordered the denounced authorities that, in the present case, “as well as on all occasions in which the exercise of the rights of meeting and public demonstration is announced, at least, and immediately proceed among other aspects,” according to the following guidelines:

A) Dictate and execute the necessary measures to guarantee the free exercise of the rights of free locomotionpeaceful and demonstration meeting, as well as freedom of thought.

B) assume actions in which the related rights are guaranteedand at the same time, the rights to life, health, security, peace, freedom of locomotion of people and vehicles, freedom of industry, commerce, work and property of all people in the national territory are observed.

C) In case of demonstrations on streets and roads, coordinate and implement actions Tending to guarantee that the inhabitants within the national territory carry out their daily activities, without being affected by the exercise of the right of demonstration, and must be necessary, enable alternative lanes on the roads that may be affected, so that the demonstrations are carried out without interrupting the exercise of the rights of the other citizens in terms of their freedom of locomotion and mobility, access to commercial transport services, ensure the free transit of relief bodies and security forces; as well as guarantee the operation of airports, customs, cargo terminals and goods discharge.

D) Preserve public orderwith duly uniformed security forces.

The first amparo granted by the CC was on Sunday, April 27.

In that case, it covered the merchant Isidro Xoyón Rumpích, against protests and possible blockages that are scheduled for April 28.

The amparo is part of file 2942-2025 and was also against the President of the Republic, so the CC warned the ruler of not allowing blockages on Monday and for this he must turn the instructions to his ministers in security.

In this case, who presented the amparo indicated that the threat of blockages was made by CODECA and the 48 cantons of Totonicapán.

However, this Monday the 48 cantons separated from those actions.

Apart from the Cacif, he also presented an amparo on Sunday.

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