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Weekly Report - 28 July 2011 (WR-11-30)
GUATEMALA: Cicig hits another raw nerve
The UN-backed International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (Cicig) is once again encountering resistance to its efforts to carry out its mandate of rooting out institutional corruption – this time from the judiciary. Calls by Cicig’s chief, Costa Rica’s Francisco Dall'Anese, for a judicial overhaul, prompted by recent court decisions, the most striking of which was the acquittal of ex president Alfonso Portillo (2000-2004) accused of corruption [WR-11-25], saw state officials demanding Dall'Anese’s resignation. The current tension comes as the judiciary is under particular scrutiny both in relation to the wrangling over the presidential candidacy of former First Lady Sandra Torres [WR-11-28] as well as a series of landmark cases pertaining to the 36-year civil war (1960-1996).
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