Unconstitutional to preserve the electoral immunity of the former President of Panama

In this way, the governor could face trial in the New Business case, a 2017 investigation of a crime against the economic system for the improper purchase of a media group.

During the regular session of the plenary session of the Supreme Court of Justice, and with the presentation of Justice Maria Eugenia López, the Electoral Court’s decision last March was declared unconstitutional, overturning the ruling of the Second Administrative Court that he had decided to lift. Martinelli’s Electoral Jurisdiction. , after a petition filed by Judge Baluisa Marquinez.

In this way, the money laundering process is opened again, in the presence of attorney Marquinez. The investigation consists of 164 volumes and the Public Prosecution Office (MP) began five years ago.

According to the Prosecutor’s Office, the new payments in the New Works case were made by companies that, in turn, received contracts for various infrastructure works. All these actions were also implemented in the period 2009-2014.

Notable on that list are the Arraiján-La Chorrera motorway, the Sports City in the Caribbean province of Colón, and the construction of the new building for the National Assembly (parliament), among others.

The list of people called to trial has one thing in common, which is that most of them are state contractors running Martinelli and are connected to other interconnected court cases, so New Business seems to be part of the puzzle. Which unites them, emphasized the deputy.

The financial transactions were made to accounts located in banks in the United States, Panama, Switzerland and China.

Martinelli, who often circumvents justice with arguments, faces other accusations of various corruption cases, including kickbacks from Brazilian construction company Odebrecht – a public hearing scheduled for next September 12 – and maintains the precautionary measure that bans the country’s exit.

Two of the sons of the former president (Ricardo Alberto and Luis Enrique) languish in prison in the United States, after they confessed to accepting $28 million in bribes from Odebrecht, forced by their father.

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