Various international organisations recently communicated a Press Release presented their concern over the election process for the new Attorney General to succeed María Consuelo Porras.

Given that the incumbent appears to be, again, in the application process appears to suggest that the independence of the judiciary continues to be under threat.

Any errors in translation are mine.

You can read the full translation above or here Concerns About Guatemala’s Attorney General Election Process and the original, in Spanish, here, Preocupa Proceso De Elección De Fiscal General En Guatemala.

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