guatemala court overrules leaders order expelling
Last Updated : GMT 05:17:37
Emiratesvoice, emirates voice
Emiratesvoice, emirates voice
Last Updated : GMT 05:17:37
Emiratesvoice, emirates voice

UN anti-graft official

Guatemala court overrules leader's order expelling

Emiratesvoice, emirates voice

Emiratesvoice, emirates voice Guatemala court overrules leader's order expelling

Guatemala's top court on Tuesday
Guatemala - Emirates Voice

Guatemala's top court on Tuesday scrapped a widely criticized order by President Jimmy Morales expelling a UN anti-corruption official who is investigating graft allegations against him.

The Constitutional Court's permanent suspension of the order follows a temporary stay it had already placed against the order hours after it was issued on Sunday.

Morales has accused Ivan Velasquez, a former Colombian judge who heads the UN International Committee Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG), of interfering in domestic affairs and provoking a political crisis with his probe.

Just before the court's verdict against his designation of Velasquez as persona non grata, Morales, while citing passages from the Bible, insisted during a meeting of mayors that the expulsion would go ahead.

His move against the UN official had sparked an outcry in Guatemala and widespread international condemnation.

Protesters in the country have called on Morales to quit, his health minister resigned in protest and the United States, Canada and major European nations slammed the order.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was "shocked" by Morales's move, his spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in a statement.
Guatemala
On Tuesday, the Washington Office on Latin America, a human rights advocacy group, said Morales's step went against the Guatemalan constitution.

The CICIG helped Guatemalan prosecutors investigate a corruption scandal that toppled the previous president, Otto Perez, in 2015.

Morales -- who was previously best known in the country as a bumpkin character on TV played for laughs -- was elected as his successor on pledges to clean up Guatemala's pervasive corruption.

But the CICIG says the president is suspected of failing to declare electoral campaign funds. They estimate the value of the suspect transactions at about one million dollars.

On Friday, Velasquez and Guatemalan prosecutors had applied to strip Morales of his immunity so he can be probed over the payments linked to his party, the National Convergence Front.

Announcing the Constitutional Court's scrapping of Morales's order, chief judge Fransisco de Mata told a news conference that an "exhaustive analysis" led the bench to decide a "definitive suspension."

He said the ruling would be communicated to the foreign and defense ministries, along with the police service, so that Velasquez's expulsion could not be carried out.

Name *

E-mail *

Comment Title*

Comment *

: Characters Left

Mandatory *

Terms of use

Publishing Terms: Not to offend the author, or to persons or sanctities or attacking religions or divine self. And stay away from sectarian and racial incitement and insults.

I agree with the Terms of Use

Security Code*

guatemala court overrules leaders order expelling guatemala court overrules leaders order expelling

 



Name *

E-mail *

Comment Title*

Comment *

: Characters Left

Mandatory *

Terms of use

Publishing Terms: Not to offend the author, or to persons or sanctities or attacking religions or divine self. And stay away from sectarian and racial incitement and insults.

I agree with the Terms of Use

Security Code*

guatemala court overrules leaders order expelling guatemala court overrules leaders order expelling

 



GMT 11:03 2018 Tuesday ,23 January

No end to eyesores at Taj Mahal

GMT 10:18 2018 Thursday ,30 August

Iran incapable of closing Hormuz, Bab Al Mandeb

GMT 10:31 2014 Tuesday ,23 December

Mirages of failure: Lebanon cannot wait

GMT 04:53 2016 Monday ,16 May

English Premier League results

GMT 05:06 2024 Tuesday ,06 February

New hunt for flight MH370 gets under way

GMT 06:15 2018 Tuesday ,23 January

Volkswagen clinches record sales

GMT 13:13 2016 Wednesday ,14 December

Unarmed old man killed by police in California

GMT 15:00 2017 Wednesday ,08 March

1 killed, 2 missing due to Avalanche in French Alps

GMT 12:07 2017 Saturday ,25 February

Renault’s R.S.17 features Infiniti co-built ERS

GMT 12:52 2017 Saturday ,04 November

Belgium 'to study' Spain's EU warrant for Catalan leader

GMT 08:40 2017 Wednesday ,01 November

Miss Morocco launch her first charity program

GMT 16:26 2016 Friday ,04 November

All Black brothers in arms ready for rare double

GMT 08:21 2017 Saturday ,30 September

Al Sayed underlines economic improvement

GMT 10:27 2017 Wednesday ,13 December

Strikes kill 12 in rebel-run Yemen prison camp

GMT 10:52 2017 Saturday ,14 October

NGOs slam UN aviation agency plan

GMT 07:05 2017 Thursday ,28 September

Repeal of women driving ban tests

GMT 10:49 2016 Saturday ,15 October

Sign “MOU” on Cooperation & Development

GMT 17:37 2013 Friday ,07 June

2 French radio journalists missing in Syria

GMT 12:46 2011 Tuesday ,07 June

Haifa Wahbi preparing for a busy summer

GMT 15:59 2012 Monday ,24 September

Hope mounts for deal in Sudan, South Sudan summit

GMT 03:50 2015 Monday ,10 August

19 killed in traffic accident in northern Sudan

GMT 22:10 2016 Thursday ,11 August

MTV Video Music Awards

GMT 14:52 2016 Wednesday ,05 October

UK to opt out of rights laws to protect troops
Emiratesvoice, emirates voice
 
 Emirates Voice Facebook,emirates voice facebook  Emirates Voice Twitter,emirates voice twitter Emirates Voice Rss,emirates voice rss  Emirates Voice Youtube,emirates voice youtube  Emirates Voice Youtube,emirates voice youtube

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©

emiratesvoieen emiratesvoiceen emiratesvoiceen emiratesvoiceen
emiratesvoice emiratesvoice emiratesvoice
emiratesvoice
بناية النخيل - رأس النبع _ خلف السفارة الفرنسية _بيروت - لبنان
emiratesvoice, Emiratesvoice, Emiratesvoice