Guatemala gaat haar ambassade naar Jeruzalem verplaatsen
27/12/2017 AT 10:16
De Guatemalaanse president Jimmy Morales en de Israelische premier Benjamin Netanyahu. Bron: Haim Zach / GPO. In navolging van de VS, heeft nu ook Guatemala aangekondigd haar...
Wie is deze Jimmy Morales? Welnu, Wikipedia meldt het volgende:
Morales was born in Guatemala City, to José Everardo Morales Orellana and Celita Ernestina Cabrera Acevedo.He comes from a poor family, and is an Evangelical Christian... Morales rose to fame as a TV comedian, starring in the series Moralejas ("Morals") alongside his brother Sammy. He formally changed his name from James Ernesto Morales Cabrera to Jimmy Morales by deed poll in 2011...
In January 2017, Morales' older brother and close adviser Samuel "Sammy" Morales, as well as one of Morales' sons, José Manuel Morales, were arrested on corruption and money laundering charges. According to media reports, the arrests prompted several large protests of up to 15,000 people demanding for President Morales' removal. The most recent took place in September of 2017. Morales, whose campaign slogan was, "neither corrupt, nor a crook", refused to step down.[
In August 2017, Morales ordered the expulsion of Colombian Iván Velásquez, commissioner of the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG), after it began "investigating claims that his party took illegal donations, including from drug-traffickers" and asked "congress to strip him of immunity from prosecution." The Constitutional Court of Guatemala blocked the move. Minister Morales had refused to sign the executive order, and was removed from office along with viceminister Carlos Ramiro Martínez, and viceminister of foreign affairs Anamaría Diéguez resigned. Velásquez confirmed he will continue as CICIG commissioner following the Constitutional Court decision to block his expulsion.[25] In September 2017, the Congress of Guatemala refused to strip Morales of his immunity, rejecting commissioner Velásquez's suggestion.
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