Guatemala's
Morales Declares UN Velasquez Non Grata, ICP
Asks UN For Response
By Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED NATIONS,
August 27 – When Guatemalan
President Jimmy Morales came
to New York to meet with UN
Secretary General Antonio
Guterres on August 25, media
mostly Spanish and Inner City
Press set up a stakeout in the
UN Secretariat lobby, to
afterward hear his views on
Ivan Velasquez and the future
of the CICIG. The meeting
began at 5 pm, but it was well
after 6 pm when Guterres came
down to his waiting car and
driver. Inner City Press
asked, Que pasa con la CICIG?
But Guterres merely waved.
Moments later his spokesman
Stephane Dujarric, who
declined to answer or even
confirm receipt of written
questions from Inner City
Press, issued a canned
read-out which "reiterated his
confidence in Commissioner
Ivan Velásquez.” Now on August
27, after not speaking at or even
coming to the waiting stakeout
at the UN, Morales has issued
a video, on Twitter, declaring
Valasquez persona non grata. Here.
Guterres is cavorting with
sheikhs in Kuwait; his
spokesman has said nothing. We
have asked. More to come.
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