Guatemala decides not to renew mandate of UN anti-corruption body

"We have officially notified the Secretary-General of the United Nations that we will not renew the mandate of the CICIG," Morales told a news conference.

Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales said on Friday his government had decided not to renew the mandate of the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG), a U.N.-backed anti-corruption body that has targeted him and his predecessor.

"We have officially notified the Secretary-General of the United Nations that we will not renew the mandate of the CICIG," Morales told a news conference.

Morales has had a tumultuous relationship with the CICIG, which attempted to have him impeached for alleged corruption.

His predecessor as Guatemalan president, Otto Perez, was removed from office due to a graft probe led by the CICIG and is still in prison while on trial.

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