前喜劇演員莫拉雷斯當選危地馬拉總統

A former television comedian with no political experience was the victor in Sunday's election for Guatemala's next president.

Jimmy Morales easily won the country's top office after a corruption scandal toppled the country's last leader and fueled voter outrage with the political establishment.

The conservative Morales started the race with just 0.5 percent support back in April.

Playing up his outsider status and promising clean government, Morales surged in opinion polls after a probe into a multi-million dollar customs racket led to the resignation and arrest of President Otto Perez, who is awaiting trial on corruption charges.

With 94 percent of the polling stations reporting, Morales won 69 percent of the votes against 31 percent for former first lady Sandra Torres who also vowed to tackle corruption, but was seen by many as part of the old political order.危地馬拉星期日舉行總統選舉，沒有任何政界資歷的前電視喜劇演員莫拉雷斯獲勝，將出任下屆總統。

莫拉雷斯在總統大選中輕易獲勝。此前一樁腐敗醜聞導致現任總統下臺，並激起選民對政界的憤怒情緒。

莫拉雷斯持保守立場。他今年4月開始競選時，支持率僅爲0.5%。

莫拉雷斯利用自己是政界圈外人的身份，承諾建立一個廉潔的政府。在一起涉及鉅額款項的醜聞調查導致佩雷斯總統辭職和被捕後，莫拉雷斯的民調支持率大幅上升。佩雷斯被控犯有腐敗罪，目前正在聽候審判。

94%的投票站已將選票清點完畢，莫拉雷斯獲得69%選票，前第一夫人託雷斯獲得31%的選票，她也誓言打擊腐敗，但很多危地馬拉選民將她視爲舊有政治體制中的一員。