Attorney General transition (Per Guatadopt)
The new Attorney General Baudilio Portillo Merlos took over yesterday. The new Sub Attorney General (replacing Barrios) is Attorney Flory de De Leon and she has already moved into the office. It appears she may be holding off making any critical decisions until the Constitutional Court rules. The new AG has requested an audit, as well.
What does this mean? Short term, cases that were simply waiting for Barrios' signature are going to be delayed because of the way the review process works and the audit. With a change of power comes delays in about any business or government entity. Expect an impact on all cases currently in PGN. Long term, we cannot predict what this will mean. As always, we hope that this appointment by Colom will mean a more efficient PGN.
Update: There will be a meeting between the attorneys of Guatemalan adoptions, the new Attorney General and Sub-Attorney General (the one who does the final sign off on adoptions) on Monday, April 28th, to discuss the state of adoptions. We look forward to hearing about the outcome of this meeting. Please continue to pray for the welfare of children from Guatemala.
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