GUATEMALA CITY — A decade-long, U.N.-assisted anti-corruption effort that brought down a president faced extinction after the Guatemalan government ended the agreement, drawing condemnation Tuesday from transparency and rights groups. U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy, a Democrat from Vermont, wrote that “President Morales, and those who have participated in or supported this flagrant abuse of power, have made their choice. “President Morales, and those in his government who defend such acts, are no longer welcome here. Jovel said the commission’s staffers have 24 hours to leave the country, though a Guatemalan court has ruled that the country has to grant them visas. During its 11 years operating in Guatemala, CICIG has pressed corruption cases that have implicated some 680 people, including elected officials, businesspeople and bureaucrats.

Source: National Post January 08, 2019 21:26 UTC