Guatemala top court reverses ban on anti-graft presidential candidate

Prosecutor Cinthia Monterroso arrives to the building of the Supreme ElectoralTribunal (TSE) as members of the Guatemala Attorney General's office raid it after a court ordered the suspension of anti-graft presidential candidate Bernardo Arevalo's Semilla political party, in Guatemala City, Guatemala July 13, 2023. REUTERS/Cristina Chiquin

GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Guatemala's top court on Thursday suspended an order barring the party of anti-graft candidate Bernardo Arevalo from running for the presidency, after a flood of international criticism that the country's democracy was in jeopardy.

The Constitutional Court said it had granted a provisional injunction filed by the Semilla party against a judge's order to suspend the party and seemingly kick Arevalo out of the race.