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Weekly Report - 15 March 2018 (WR-18-10)

GUATEMALA: Police chief ejection reignites transparency concerns

The dismissal of Guatemala’s national police (PNC) chief Nery Ramos, despite evidence of security-related progress, is again fanning concerns about the commitment on the part of the conservative Frente de Convergencia Nacional (FCN-Nación) government led by President Jimmy Morales to anti-corruption efforts. It follows the sacking in January of the head of the tax authorities (SAT), Juan Francisco Solórzano Foppa [WR-18-03], and departure of the interior minister, Francisco Rivas – both similarly well-respected figures. It also follows evident government discomfort with the ongoing presence of the United Nations-backed International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (Cicig) [WR-18-07]. The official reason given by the Morales government for the decision to fire Ramos has failed to convince.

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