guatemala city guatemala congress monday vote overwhelmingly preserve president jimmy morales immunity prosecution attorney general submit request investigate suspect finance irregularities 2015 election campaign vote protect morales possible prosecution lopsided 25 158 members congress vote strip morales legal protections presidential immunity lift back least two-thirds chamber 105 members backers morales argue vote stop probe advance favor political stability central american nation democracy build change president every two years say congressman raul romero head fuerza party refer corruption case lead 2015 resignation morales predecessor otto perez molina vote congress blow u.n.-backed international commission impunity guatemala cicig push determine origin 800,000 fund morales manage secretary general conservative national convergence front fcn party lead 2015 2016. widely believe favor strip morales impunity would struggle win enough support congress green light eventual prosecution cicig also investigate major party guatemala suspect illegal finance members congress make pact corrupt officials afraid investigate illegal electoral finance say alvaro montenegro head anti-corruption organization justicia ya morales deny wrongdoing issue statement late monday praise vote sign country unity democratic maturity institutions call end political ideological confrontations together continue build guatemala desire statement say congressional vote reverse recommendation guatemalan congressional committee sunday morales immunity revoke last month guatemala attorney general cicig jointly seek investigate morales former comedian illegal finance allegation two days late morales declare head u.n. body persona non grata leadership ivan velasquez veteran colombian prosecutor cicig cause problems morales first investigate son brother train sight guatemalan president office 2015 run platform honest governance perez molina force resign imprison multi-million dollar graft case stem cicig investigation guatemala president retain immunity prosecution graft probe