35 76(7) On 1992, Mr. Serrano Elías sought the political support of the Christian Democracy Party and the UCN, with whom he made an agreement to alternate the presidency of the Congress and to have them as allies in legislative votes and decisions. 76(8) On 1993, on the occasion of the municipal elections, the Christian Democracy Party announced a populist and national convergence program, and decided to dissolve the alliance in Congress with the UCN and the Government, so the latter lost control of the legislature and the other State apparatus. Consequently, the military high command remained the Government’s only ally. 76(9) On May 25, 1993, Mr. Serrano Elías carried out a coup d’état against himself and announced to the Guatemalan people that he had dissolved the Congress of the Republic, the Supreme Court of Justice, and the Constitutional Court, and had also suspended the positions of Attorney General (Procurador General) and Ombudsman. On the same date, the President issued a decree suspending fundamental rights. Moreover, radio, television and written media were censored. 76(10) Mr. Serrano Elías justified the coup d’état by the need to end the mafia and corruption in the legislative and judicial powers, and promised to call immediately for legislative elections to re-establish the constitutional order. 76(11) As of May 25, 1993, Jorge Carpio Nicolle received national and international pressure to support Mr. Serrano Elías’s coup d’état. However, Jorge Carpio Nicolle remained opposed to it. 76(12) On June 1, 1993, the Constitutional Court repudiated Mr. Serrano Elías’s powers as President. The Supreme Electoral Tribunal refused to allow Congress to reform the Constitution and to call for new elections. Consequently, Mr. Serrano Elías was dismissed from power and fled to El Salvador. 76(13) The Vice President in Mr. Serrano Elías’s government, Gustavo Espina, proclaimed himself ad interim President of the Republic and summoned the National Congress to ratify him as President. On September 19, 1993, the Constitutional Court repudiated Mr. Espina as President and granted 24 hours to appoint a new head of the Executive. 76(14) On June 6, 1993, Congress appointed the former Ombudsman, Ramiro de León Carpio, Jorge Carpio Nicolle’s cousin, President of the Republic. The activities of Jorge Carpio Nicolle in journalism and politics 76(15) Jorge Carpio Nicolle was a very well-known journalist and politician in Guatemala, with more than 30 years’ experience in the world of journalism at the time of his death. In 1963, he founded the newspaper that would later be called “El Gráfico” and, in 1983, the UCN. In 1985, he came second in the first round of the general elections for the presidency, and in 1990 he came first in the first round, but lost in the second round to Mr. Serrano Elías (supra para. 76(6)). 76(16) The May 26, 1993, issue of “El Gráfico,” in which Jorge Carpio Nicolle criticized Mr. Serrano Elías’s coup d’état was censored by the State. The UCN also