The magistrates of the Electoral Court (TE) decided to maintain the suspension of the criminal electoral jurisdiction of former President Ricardo Alberto Martinelli Berrocal, so that he can be prosecuted for the bribes distributed by Odebrecht in exchange for contracts with the Panamanian government.
It should be noted that last Monday, July 25, magistrates Alfredo Juncá (speaker), Heriberto Araúz and Eduardo Valdés denied an appeal that Roniel Ortiz, Martinelli’s lawyer, filed against a resolution of June 28, 2022, in which The Third Administrative Electoral Judge, Marybeth Álvarez, ordered Martinelli’s jurisdiction to be suspended, alleging that there is no judicial pronouncement that makes it impossible for the former president to be prosecuted for reasons other than the one for which he was extradited by the United States in 2008.
This decision of the plenary session of the TE was published this Tuesday, July 26, by means of an edict.
The Judge Third Liquidator of Criminal Cases, Baloisa Marquínez, had requested to suspend the jurisdiction, so that Martinelli is prosecuted for alleged money laundering in the Odebrecht case.
The preliminary hearing for the Odebrecht bribes will be held on September 12.
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