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The Stream - Can Guatemala's anti-corruption drive survive? | The Stream

Thousands of people across Guatemala are urging that the country’s president and other government officials step down, following government efforts to shut down a UN-backed commission on serious crime that has largely focused on tackling corruption. President Jimmy Morales’ already tough stance against the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) hardened on September 17 when the government said it would continue to block Ivan Velasquez, the head of CICIG, from re-entering Guatemala. The government’s position is in blunt defiance of a unanimous constitutional court ruling issued on September 16 that Velasquez should be allowed back into the country. Morales’ move to block Velasquez from entering Guatemala came just days after he declared he would not renew a mandate allowing CICIG to operate in Guatemala beyond September 2019. Morales came to power in 2015, soon after president Otto Perez Molina resigned amid allegations of corruption presented by CICIG and Guatemalan prosecutors. But when the commission turned its eye on Morales and his family and associates amid accusations of illegal campaign financing, Morales declared Velasquez person non-grata, setting the stage for the current crisis. With Guatemala at an apparent crossroads between democratic governance and autocracy, The Stream will consider what lies in store for the country. Join the conversation: TWITTER:   / ajstream   FACEBOOK:   / ajstream   GOOGLE+: http://google.com/+TheStream Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe #aljazeeraenglish #aljazeeralive #thestream