Thursday, May 31, 2007

GANA

The Grand National Alliance (Gran Alianza Nacional, or GANA) is an elected group in Guatemala.
At the last legislative elections, which was on 9 November 2003, GANA won 24.3% of the vote, and 47 seats out of 158, in Congress. The presidential candidate of the group, Óscar Berger Perdomo, won 34.3% at the presidential elections on this same day. He won 54.1% at the second round, making him president.
The Constitutional Court is Guatemala's highest court. It has five judges that are elected for five-year terms by Congress. Each of them get to serve one year as president of the Court. One is elected by Congress, one elected by the Supreme Court of Justice, one is appointed by the President, one is elected by Superior Council of the Universidad San Carlos de Guatemala, and one by the bar association.
The Supreme Court of Justice includes thirteen members, who serve for five-year terms and elect a president of the Court each year.

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