On Thursday night, Guatemala’s Congress made a significant decision by voting to remove immunity from four Supreme Electoral Tribunal TSE judges. This action is in response to allegations of illegal procurement of a non-official data computing system used in recent elections. The Congress’s decision gained support from 108 of the 160 legislators. This move now […]
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