Guatemalan refuses to appoint graft-fighting top judge


  • World
  • Wednesday, 14 Apr 2021

GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Guatemala's Congress refused to appoint a graft-fighting judge as president of the Constitutional Court on Tuesday, a move critics say could set back the fight against corruption.

Magistrate Gloria Porras is one of Central America's leading figures in the fight for the rule of law and efforts to combat impunity. However, she has long drawn the ire of some politicians and business groups for decisions at the court they consider to be anti-investment.

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