GUATEMALA CITY Jimmy Morales, a former TV comedian who has never held office, swept to power in Guatemala's presidential election on Sunday after milking public anger over a corruption scandal that deepened distrust of the country's political establishment. Image copyright AP Image caption Otto Perez Molina stepped down last month amid corruption allegations 
 
 The campaign was conducted against the backdrop of a widening corruption scandal which led to the resignations of the vice-president and the president. "We were tired of the same faces of people who get rich off our money," said Eduardo Tablas, a maintenance man who voted for Morales. He has been criticised for some of his more far-fetched policies which include the tagging of teachers with a GPS device to ensure they attend classes and giving each Guatemalan child a smartphone. Image copyright AP Image caption Sandra Torres was in charge of the government's social programmes when her then-husband was president 
 
 Mr Morales now faces a difficult task as his National Convergence Front (FCN) will have just 11 out of 158 seats in the next Congress.
– Guatemalans are hoping the joker they just elected will be better than the crook they just got rid of. Jimmy Morales, a TV comedian with no political experience, has been elected president with a whopping 72% of the vote, defeating former first lady Sandra Torres, reports the BBC, which notes that one of Morales' most famous roles is that of a bumbling cowboy who accidentally becomes president. The 46-year-old told supporters Sunday night that he would make it a priority to wipe out the corruption that put his predecessor and his deputy in jail. His manifesto is a little light on details, Reuters reports, though some of his more eccentric proposals include giving smartphones to every child in the country.