GUATEMALA’S Supreme Court backed action to strip President Otto Perez Molina of legal immunity on Tuesday as a corruption scandal rocks the country.

Following the court’s unanimous ruling in favour of a request by Attorney General Thelma Aldana, congress will vote for a second time on whether to allow the right-wing Patriotic Party president to be impeached and charged.

An attempt several weeks ago to start impeachment proceedings, led by Congressman Amilcar Pop, was voted down.