Overview

• The motion drew 34 votes in favor and 21 against with two absences, four short of the 38 required in the 57-seat Legislative Assembly.
• Lawmakers held the country’s first vote on removing a sitting president’s legal immunity.
• Prosecutors allege Chaves pressured a contractor funded by the Central American Bank for Economic Integration to divert about $32,000 to former adviser Federico Cruz.
• Chaves denies wrongdoing and calls the case politically motivated.
• His term ends next May, and party nominee Laura Fernández has said she would invite him into a future Cabinet that would confer continued immunity.