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Guatemala's Top Court Rules President Can't Expel Anti-Corruption Commissioner
Posted 30 August 2017 15:10 GMT
“#OutWithJimmy. Guatemala without fear goes to the streets.” Illustration made for the a Mexico-Guatemala organized campaign. Image originally published by Prensa Comunitaria and used here with permission.
Guatemala has lived days of intense political confrontations following President Jimmy Morales's attempt to expel Ivan Velázquez, the current chief of the UN-backed International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG), by declaring him “persona non grata.”
Now, the Constitutional Court of Guatemala has stepped in, suspending the president's decision and declaring that he acted “illegally.”
Many Guatemalans saw the court's ruling as a step forward in the struggle against corruption, and a reason to celebrate online:
More:
https://globalvoices.org/2017/08/30/guatemalas-top-court-rules-president-cant-expel-anti-corruption-commissioner/
