Overview

• The motion fell four votes short of the 38 needed in the 57-seat Legislative Assembly, leaving Rodrigo Chaves protected from prosecution while in office.
• It was the first Legislative Assembly vote on lifting a sitting president’s immunity after the Supreme Court advanced the request in July.
• Investigators say the presidency bypassed procedures by using Central American Bank for Economic Integration funds and pressured a contracted firm to pay Federico Cruz.
• Chaves denies wrongdoing, calls the case politically driven and an attempted judicial coup, and declined to attend the congressional debate.
• The investigation remains active and could proceed after his term ends next May, though party nominee Laura Fernández has said she would place him in a cabinet role that carries immunity.