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Weekly Report - 06 October 2016 (WR-16-39)
GUATEMALA: Corruption complications drag on for Morales
President Jimmy Morales continues to face the heat over his pledge to crack down on official corruption. Following the recent order by the attorney general’s office (AG) barring his son, José Manuel, and brother, Samuel Everardo, from leaving the country over their implication in a possible corruption scandal [WR-16-37], last week the national daily Prensa Libre reported that the AG is investigating a group of founders of President Morales’ Frente de Convergencia Nacional (FCN-Nación) party over irregular campaign financing. Meanwhile the recent election of supreme court (CSJ) magistrate Silvia Patricia Valdés Quezada as the new CSJ president for 2016-2017 is further exacerbating justice-related concerns due to her perceived affinity with Morales, prompting civil-society groups to warn that the independence of state powers could be under threat.
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