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Weekly Report - 20 September 2018 (WR-18-37)

GUATEMALA: Institutional crisis looms as Morales flouts ruling

Back in August 2017 President Jimmy Morales said that he would respect any legal resolutions issued by the constitutional court (CC) – remarks which followed its ruling overturning his order to expel the head of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (Cicig), Iván Velásquez, after the latter first called for him to be investigated for corruption. Just over a year on and Morales, who also caused a stir with the announcement that he will not be renewing Cicig’s mandate when it expires in September 2019, is now rejecting a similar CC ruling with regard to allowing Velásquez’s re-entry to the country – a stance which is threatening to push the country to the brink of a constitutional crisis.

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