fˈɑːloʊɪŋ ðə ɹˈaɪəɾɪŋ, ðə kˌɑːnstɪtˈuːʃənəl kˈoːɹt, pˈækt wɪð ˈælaɪz ʌv ɹˈiːoʊz mˈɔnt ænd hɪz pɹˈoʊɾəʒˌeɪ, pɹˈɛzɪdənt ɐlfˈɑːnsoʊ poːɹtˈiːoʊ, ˌoʊvɚtˈɜːnd ðə suːpɹˈiːm kˈoːɹt dᵻsˈɪʒən, ʌphˈoʊldɪŋ ɹˈiːoʊz mˈɔnts klˈeɪm ðætðə bˈæn ˌɔn kˈuːp lˈiːdɚz, fˈɔːɹməlˌaɪzd ɪnðə nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi fˈaɪv kˌɑːnstɪtˈuːʃən, kʊd nˌɑːt biː ɐplˈaɪd ɹˌɛtɹoʊˈæktɪvli tʊ ˈækts bᵻfˌoːɹ ðæt dˈeɪt.
Following the rioting, the Constitutional Court, packed with allies of Ríos Montt and his protégé, President Alfonso Portillo, overturned the Supreme Court decision, upholding Ríos Montt's claim that the ban on coup leaders, formalized in the 1985 Constitution, could not be applied retroactively to acts before that date.