[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 91 (Wednesday, May 25, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S2700]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           GUATEMALAN ATTORNEY GENERAL MARIA CONSUELO PORRAS

  Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, many hoped that President Giammattei would 
reject the corruption and impunity that his predecessors 
institutionalized. The reappointment of Attorney General Porras, who 
according to the State Department has ``repeatedly obstructed and 
undermined anti-corruption investigations,'' shows that it is business 
as usual.
  Democracy cannot survive without an independent judiciary, which 
Attorney General Porras has sought to dismantle by persecuting 
prosecutors and judges who have stood up for the principle that no one 
is above the law. As long as this continues, Guatemala's government is 
not a serious anti-corruption partner of the United States.

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