Legality Over Accountability? - How to Resolve the Rule of Law Dilemma in Guatemala Lemus, Luis Fernando Paiz Author aut Text xx# 2025 Verfassungsblog 2025-05-21 eng
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 On April 23, 2025, public prosecutors in Guatemala executed an arrest warrant against Luis Pacheco, the Deputy Energy Minister. This case is only the latest in a series of politically motivated prosecutions that place the Attorney General at the center of Guatemala’s democratic backsliding. She has systematically targeted journalists, public officials and civil society actors, undermining democracy, the rule of law, and fundamental rights. What can be done when legal mechanisms to hold public officials accountable are effectively blocked? When there are credible grounds to believe that a public official is abusing their mandate, accountability must take precedence in legal and political debate. CC BY-SA 4.0 Lemus, Luis Fernando Paiz Democratic Backsliding Guatemala Human Rights Inter-American Court of Human Rights Rule of Law Human Rights 342 https://verfassungsblog.de/rule-of-law-crisis-guatemala/ Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH 10.59704/ee098e482c30637e 250521 10.59704/ee098e482c30637e Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl (Revision 1.140 20200717)