The Organization of American States (OAS)-sponsored Mission to Support the Fight against Corruption and Impunity in Honduras (Maccih) and US embassy in Tegucigalpa this week hailed progress with regard to the high-profile “Pandora Case” – a major corruption investigation unveiled last month which implicates the ruling Partido Nacional (PN) of President Juan Orlando Hernández and traditional opposition Partido Liberal (PL) [WR-18-24]. The US and Maccih are responding to the decision by a local judge to order the preventative imprisonment of 19 individuals, including three national legislators, an alternate legislator, and a deputy minister in relation to the case. With Hernández’s professed commitment to tackling corruption already under scrutiny following a contentious supreme justice court (CSJ) ruling at the end of Maym which critics warned would weaken anti-corruption efforts [WR-18-24], the case is serving as the latest test for Honduras’s justice system.End of preview - This article contains approximately 833 words.
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