Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 3 December 2014
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade
Human Rights and Access to Justice in Guatemala: Former Attorney General of Guatemala
2:55 pm
Michael Mullins (Fine Gael)
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I welcome our visitors. Dr. Paz y Paz Bailey spoke about 700 women per year being killed. Is this the figure for this year? What was the level of deaths of women prior to the peace accord? The documentation we received states the Guatemalan president campaigned on a policy of zero tolerance in his election campaign in 2011. Is he likely to be returned? What is the position of opposition parties, or the alternative government, on the level of crime in the country? Would a change of government improve the situation? In the event of a change of government, does Dr. Paz y Paz Bailey sees herself returning as attorney general, given the good work she did prior to removal in May 2014?