Friday, 4 September 2015

Otto Pérez Molina out as Guatemala's President, ordered to jail


Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina, 64, has resigned hours after a judge issued a warrant for his arrest.

Prosecutors accuse Mr Perez Molina of masterminding a scheme to defraud the customs service of millions of dollars. Though He denies the allegations.
On Tuesday, Congress stripped him of his immunity from prosecution, a first in the Central American nation.
A spokesman said Mr Perez Molina had decided to step down to "confront the proceedings against him".
Bribery allegations
Mr Perez Molina's resignation comes just days before Sunday's presidential election, in which he was barred from standing under constitutional rules. He is the first president in Guatemalan history to resign over a corruption scandal. But until Wednesday night, the president had stood firm, saying he would serve out his term.



Demonstrators yell slogans as they stand outside the Congress in Guatemala City on 1 September, 2015.

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