A series of road blockades that started last week have continued into October 10 as pro-democracy protests rage on across Guatemala.

Supporters of President-elect Bernardo Arévalo have taken to the streets in protest calling for the resignation of Attorney-General Consuelo Porras.

The demonstrators are accusing Ms Porras of plotting to prevent Mr Arévalo, who has promised to fight corruption, from taking office.

Footage shows protesters in Guatemala City singing and dancing in the streets as they blockaded more than 180 roads.

After a series of protests that started last week as road blockades in the main highways of Guatemala, the civil disobedience nationwide has come to its 9th day with more than 180 points blocked in the country, between main highways, roads, and entrances to the Capital City and main towns. This civil disobedience started after General Prosecutor Consuelo Porras decided to start a penal case against the political party Semilla, who won by a landslide the General Elections this past August. Porras has been criminalizing Semilla and has raided the offices of the primary authority in elections in Guatemala, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal. Local and international experts named the raids a flagrant violation of the People's Will and their right to choose freely.
Now, after more than a week, the blockades have increased nationwide, and the main demand of all the groups blocking the roads is that Consuelo Porras and her staff resign from the General Prosecutor's office. While there have been some violent incidents between government forces and people against the protests versus protesters blocking the roads, most protests have been peaceful.
Last night, outgoing President Alejandro Giammattei, who called Consuelo Porras "his personal friend," has been defending her and has not called for her resignation, but instead, in live transmission, criminalized the protests and said that it has been affecting the national economy, so ordered the Police and the Army to free all blocked points. There have been multiple reports of Police firing tear gas at protesters in several parts of the country. That night, protests continued nationwide as people gathered over the main roads and peacefully protested.