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Alarm as Guatemala bans head of UN anti-corruption body from country
Cicig leader Iván Velásquez declared threat to public security
President Jimmy Morales faces corruption investigations
Sandra Cuffe in Guatemala City
Wed 5 Sep 2018 12.03 EDT
Human rights officials and activists have warned that the rule of law in Guatemala is under threat after a UN-backed special prosecutor was banned from re-entering the country – the latest in a series of clashes between the government and an international anti-corruption commission.
The country's human rights ombudsman, Jordán Rodas, said in a statement on Tuesday that the government’s actions destabilize the rule of law, and expressed his dismay at “the arbitrary measures of the Government of the Republic that undermine democracy”.
Anti-corruption activists fear that the pioneering anti-corruption work of the UN-backed International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala, Cicig, is now at risk.
Cicig has launched a string of prosecutions against high-level officials, including the former president Otto Pérez Molina.
More:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/05/guatemala-cicig-ivan-velasquez-jimmy-morales-ban
