Guatemalan President Otto Pérez Molina rejected calls to step down Sunday night, following the resignation of the majority of his Cabinet over the weekend. The president has faced months of massive protests amid a growing corruption scandal, which has led to arrests of top officials, including the former vice president. The government is accused of running a multimillion-dollar scheme in which importers paid bribes to Tax Authority officials to obtain discounts. On Sunday, the Roman Catholic Church called for the president’s resignation, but Pérez Molina rejected those calls.

Guatemalan President Otto Pérez Molina: “I declare categorically that I reject any link to the scandal or having received money from that money-defrauding operation. My conscience, in that sense, is at peace. … I reaffirm that I will not resign, and will fully submit myself to the legal process. Good night, and may God bless you.”