GUATEMALAN Attorney General Consuelo Porras has called on the government to act against peaceful protesters, who have taken to the streets demanding her resignation.

Demonstrations broke out two weeks ago following one of the most tumultuous elections in the country’s recent history. 

Protesters accuse Ms Porras of trying to prevent president-elect Bernardo Arevalo from taking office in January.

Since emerging as a political contender earlier this year, Mr Arevalo, a progressive outsider challenging the elite that has long controlled the Central American nation, and his Seed Movement party have faced waves of legal attacks. 

Those hostile actions escalated when he won August’s presidential election, including raids on electoral facilities and the suspension of Mr Arevalo’s political party, which will hamper his ability to govern.

Such moves against the incoming leader prompted indigenous groups and rural-dwellers, who have long been disenfranchised in Guatemalan society, to call for an indefinite strike, which began with 14 blockades. 

Now, two weeks into the protests, the blockades have expanded to obstruct more than 80 roads nationwide.

In a video released on Monday morning, Ms Porras described the demonstrations against her as “illegal” and asked for authorities to forcibly clear the blocked roads and restore the free circulation of people.

She said: “I want to express my complete disagreement and distaste” for the protests, claiming that that they “clearly violate the rights of all Guatemalans.”

The actions have remained largely peaceful, but her message follows a handful of incidents over the weekend. 

People annoyed by the road blockades drove their cars at protesters and were later arrested for causing material damage and trying to kill the protesters.

Ms Porras and other prosecutors have been sanctioned by the US government and had their entry visas withdrawn over allegations that they have obstructed efforts to combat corruption and undermined democracy in Guatemala.