Guatemala: UN anti-corruption
team investigating President's campaign finances
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| Demonstrators hold a vigil outside the Constitutional Court of Guatemala against the decision of President Morales to end the mandat of the U.N.-backed anti-graft commission. |
A Guatemalan Court has blocked an attempt by the Country`s
President Jimmy Morales to expel a United Nations anti corruption team, after
it turned its spotlight on his campaign finances.
By James Blears
Initially, Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales welcomed the
investigations of the United Nations` Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala.
But then it together with the State Prosecutor`s Office applied to remove his
Presidential immunity from prosecution concerning alleged campaign
irregularities of his FCN-Nation Party.
President Morales says the Commission has violated the
Country`s sovereignty as well as the rights of suspects. Last week Foreign
Minister Sandra Jovel announced that The Commision had twenty four hours to
pack its bags and leave. But then Guatemala`s Constitutional Court overruled
this. The latest development is a petition from a group of lawyers to remove
the immunity of the Constitutional Court Judges.
The Commission has already left the Country, because the
Government refuses to guarantee its security.
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