Costa Rica's Attorney General Francisco Dall'Anese did indeed announce today that he will renounce his post and travel to Guatemala on the 1st of August to begin his term as the Commissioner of the CICIG.
Question 2 - Part Answer
Dall'Anese speaks in vague, meaningless phrases - the opposite of Castresana's concise, brave and definitive statements that made him such an intriguing visionary in the fight against impunity in Guatemala. Statements like the following strike me as sufficient reason for unease and suspicion:
Bland Statement #1
“Yo no quiero arrastrar los problemas que haya tenido el doctor Castresana con las autoridades guatemaltecas. Empezaré de cero y trataré de que las cosas funcionen”, expresó.
Translation: "I don't want to bring along the problems that Castresana has had with Guatemalan authorities. I will start from scratch and try to make things work."
Unease: From someone who respects and admires the work that Castresana has done in Guatemala, and who will hold little over a one year term, this sounds erroneous, short-sighted and vague. It sounds almost like a strategy to free himself from accusations of failure if he is unable to perform.
Source: Prensa Libre, 21 de julio, 2010 "Dall'Anese afirma que no hay receta magica" por Coralia Orantes http://www.prensalibre.com/noticias/DallAnese-afirma-receta-magica_0_302369798.html:
Bland Statement #2
Statement: “Una sociedad sin prensa no es democrática."
Translation: "A society without the press is not democratic."
Unease: This goes without saying.
Translation: "A society without the press is not democratic."
Unease: This goes without saying.
Source: CICIG website, http://cicig.org/index.php?page=fiscal-general-de-costa-rica
Bland Statement #3
Statement: “Nadie puede ir de afuera con recetas mágicas para sanear el sistema judicial; en realidad Guatemala es y va a ser lo que los guatemaltecos quieren que sea”.
Translation: "No outsider can come in with a magic recipe to cleanse the judicial system. The reality is that Guatemala is and will be what the Guatemalans want it to be."
Unease: Who are "los guatemaltecos" that want the system to be wrought with corruption and impunity? How about those who are silences by fear or powerless because of poverty or exclusion? His statement suggests he is already defeated by the political obstacles Castresana found overwhelming.
Source: Prensa Libre, 21 de julio, 2010 "Dall'Anese afirma que no hay receta magica" por Coralia Orantes http://www.prensalibre.com/noticias/DallAnese-afirma-receta-magica_0_302369798.html:
Judging from these statements, Dall'Anese is not the fighter, the careful but bold decision-maker that will be needed to continue Castresana's work. If Dall'Anese is not successful, there is a change that the Guatemalan Mission to the UN will not apply to continue the work of the CICIG, and the project will be scrubbed, just as other Central American countries are taking an interest in adopting a regional impunity fighting body based on the CICIG model. A pity to say, but this is not looking good.
Translation: "No outsider can come in with a magic recipe to cleanse the judicial system. The reality is that Guatemala is and will be what the Guatemalans want it to be."
Unease: Who are "los guatemaltecos" that want the system to be wrought with corruption and impunity? How about those who are silences by fear or powerless because of poverty or exclusion? His statement suggests he is already defeated by the political obstacles Castresana found overwhelming.
Source: Prensa Libre, 21 de julio, 2010 "Dall'Anese afirma que no hay receta magica" por Coralia Orantes http://www.prensalibre.com/noticias/DallAnese-afirma-receta-magica_0_302369798.html:
Judging from these statements, Dall'Anese is not the fighter, the careful but bold decision-maker that will be needed to continue Castresana's work. If Dall'Anese is not successful, there is a change that the Guatemalan Mission to the UN will not apply to continue the work of the CICIG, and the project will be scrubbed, just as other Central American countries are taking an interest in adopting a regional impunity fighting body based on the CICIG model. A pity to say, but this is not looking good.
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