Ramiro Muñoz, former citizens of the Supreme Electoral Court (TSE), He was sentenced this Thursday, May 22 in the CIRE case.
The former official received a sentence for the crime of abuse of authority with electoral purpose, and the judge issued a special disqualification to exercise public office as long as the conviction lasts.
The hearing was held in the Third Court, by Judge Julio Vásquez Xol.
The Public Ministry (MP) reported that, in the fourth case investigated by the Prosecutor’s Office against Electoral Crimes, Ramiro Muñoz, former director of the Citizens Registry, was sentenced.
He added that the penalty imposed through the abbreviated procedure is one year in prison and special disqualification for employment or public office for the same period, for the commission of the aforementioned crime.
According to the investigation and the facts accepted by Muñoz, in his capacity as Director General of the Citizens Registry, on June 8, 2023, he issued a resolution in which he decreed the revocation of the decisions taken by the Departmental Delegation of the Registry of Citizens of the Department of Guatemala.
Through these decisions, the registration of the candidates postulated by the Political Party Commitment Renewal and Order had been declared to opt for charges in the Municipal Corporation of San Miguel Petapa, in the general elections of June 25, 2023.
This action caused that the symbol of the aforementioned party did not appear on the pink ballot for the election of the San Miguel Petapa Municipal Corporation, said the research entity.
In February 2025, Ramiro Muñoz declared himself guilty in the CERE case and was sentenced to one year and six months in prison for breach of duties and six months for resolutions violations of the Constitution.
Muñoz still had to resolve his situation for the crime of abuse of authority with electoral purpose, whose conviction was issued on May 22.