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Today could be a make-it-or-break-it day for the future of #Guatemala and it encapsulates the last 2+ years of borderline constitutional crisis. Just as the current unrest isn't really about the budget, the well-known CICIG crisis wasn't really about CICIG. Here's a BRIEF THREAD:
#Guatemala's Constitutional Court is the country's highest court and it is the ultimate check on abuse of power across all three branches of government: executive (presidency), legislative (unicameral congress), and judicial (other courts, including the Supreme Court). 2/?
In recent years, the Constitutional Court has been one of the only things somewhat standing in the way of an informal alliance known as the "Pact of the Corrupt," involving successive presidents, congress reps and judges all protecting each other's immunity from prosecution. 3/?
