Guatemala’s Constitutional Court rejects calls to fire prosecutor Consuelo Porras

The Constitutional Court of Guatemalathe highest court, rejected this Wednesday requests that sought to facilitate the dismissal of the attorney general, Consuelo Porrasaccused of trying to nullify the victory of the elected president Bernardo Arevalo de León.

The highest court definitively rejected three appeals, accumulated in a single case, that sought to grant the president powers to dismiss the attorney general, according to the court.

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The judges decided that Porras Argueta can only be removed from the position of attorney general if there has already been a conviction against her.

Since last October, different civil society groups have taken action against the Constitutional Court with various resources in search of legally obtaining the attorney general’s departure from public ministry.

Since July 12, the Public Ministry Consuelo Porras He initiated a series of legal actions to ignore the election results and persecuted Arévalo de León, as well as electoral magistrates.

For your part, Bernardo Arevalo de León has publicly denounced since September that the attorney general is leading an attempt to “coup d’etat”To prevent him from assuming the presidency on January 14th.

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During a visit to Dominican Republic This week, the president-elect confirmed to EFE that one of his first actions will be to request Porras Argueta’s resignation.

Different international actors, such as the Government of U.S and the Organization of American States (OEA), condemned the actions of the Public Ministry as they considered that their actions go against the popular will expressed at the polls.

Source: Elcomercio

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