Guatemala's Constitutional Court Tuesday confirmed an earlier provisional ruling that stopped the expulsion of a UN special investigator against corruption ordered by President Jimmy Morales. On Sunday, Morales declared UN investigator Ivan Velasquez "persona non grata" and ordered his immediate departure from the central American country. Velasquez, a lawyer from Colombia, has led the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) for several years. The court ruled to uphold the provisional ruling, with three justices ruling in favour and two against, the head of the court, Francisco de Mata Vela, told a press conference Tuesday evening. Morales' order to expel Velasquez was met with strong criticism both in Guatemala and abroad.

Source: The China Post August 30, 2017 08:26 UTC