Guatemalan president condemned after ejecting UN anti-corruption group
Critics suspect move is a calculated bid to shield the country’s ruling elite – and himself – from investigation.
Guatemala’s president Jimmy Morales is facing international condemnation after announcing the expulsion of a United Nations-backed anti-corruption mission in what critics suspect is a calculated bid to shield the country’s ruling elite – and himself – from investigation.
Addressing journalists in Guatemala City on Monday afternoon, Morales claimed the decision to eject members of the corruption-busting Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (Cicig) group was a result of its “severe violation” of national and international laws.