US EditionGuatemala Court Orders Re-Do of Candidate List for Attorney General
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Guatemalan Constitutional Court Shakes Up Attorney General Succession
Guatemalan Constitutional Court Shakes Up Attorney General Succession In a significant legal twist, Guatemala's Constitutional Court ordered the annulment of a six-person shortlist for the next attorney general, which was initially defined by a committee of jurists earlier this week.The development has grabbed attention, particularly because the current Attorney General, Consuelo Porras, was excluded from the list, which effectively rules her ou…
A mission of the European Union (EU) expressed "deep dissatisfaction" with the decision of the Constitutional Court (TC) of Guatemala to order a reassessment of the candidates for the Attorney General and the Prosecutor of the Public Prosecutor's Office (MP).
* The Constitutionality Court downed the list of six eligible candidates that the Postulation Commission sent to President Bernardo Arévalo. * The payroll will enter into a new review of the Commission, where the government and the opposition will measure their forces again. * Analysts point out that the ruling could favor applicants close to the Executive, but also their detractor, the Attorney General Consuelo Porras. Public Records The Consti…
Guatemala’s Constitutional Court, the country’s highest judicial instance, endorsed on Thursday an amparo (legal remedy) that cancels the list of six candidates for attorney general and head of the Public Prosecutor’s Office (Fiscalía), so it orders the Postulation Commission to retract the process until the qualification phase of applicants. La entrada La Justicia de Guatemala orders to repeat part of the process to elect the general prosecutor…
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