"Guatemala’s international commission against impunity (known by its Spanish acronym, CICIG) played a
pivotal role
in answering widespread public demand this year for accountability for
corruption in the government. CICIG’s investigations led to the
resignations and arrests of top government officials—including the
former president and vice president—following their involvement in a
large-scale
customs scandal.
CICIG’s perceived success has let to calls in other countries for
adopting (or adapting) the CICIG model elsewhere. For example, public
outcry in Honduras over a healthcare scandal culminated in a
proposal for a Honduran version of CICIG, to be led by the Organization of American States and formally titled the “
Support Mission Against Corruption and Impunity in Honduras.”
(Like CICIG, this body will also be known by its acronym in Spanish,
MACCIH). There have also been calls to replicate CICIG in
El Salvador
(which thus far have led only to the continuation of a USAID-sponsored
anticorruption initiative rather than creation of a full-fledged CICIG
clone), most recently, in
Venezuela."
Read the post by Rathna Ramamurthi, in the Global Anticorruption Blog. http://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2015/11/30/close-but-no-cicigar-yet-replicating-guatemalas-anticorruption-success/
