The move is unlikely to impact Arevalo's swearing in as president on January 14 but could limit his party's ability to preside over committees in Congress.
After the first round of voting on June 25, Guatemalan judge Fredy Orellana, at the request of prosecutor Rafael Curruchiche -- both on a US list of"corrupt actors" -- ordered the electoral court to suspend Semilla amid an investigation into alleged anomalies in its registration as a party.
But TSE Secretary General Mario Velasquez said in a news conference Monday that Arevalo's triumph was legal and that he would take office.
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