The president of the Competitiveness Center of the Western Region of Panama, Felipe Rodríguez, today expressed his concern about the negative impact that judicial delays may have on private companies, for which he urged to control the dilatory effects in the processes in the Court Supreme Court, since many times the purpose is to delay the parties from reaching an agreement.
“It is one of the great concerns, especially in the civil part, where we need decisions to be made as soon as possible, because we have always said that delayed justice is not justice. Here we must make a process to in some way change the procedural order so that it speeds things up”, he expressed.
The businessman told Radio Panama that the delaying effects should be limited, while affirming that the suspicions that there have been that the processes are “shelved” must be investigated.
Regarding respect for the figure of arbitration, Rodríguez questioned the fact that some companies resort to the Supreme Court to delay a decision. “If you sign something to do an arbitration process, which is supposed to be final, and if the decision is made and you are dissatisfied, why are you going to take it, breaking an agreement that was signed that you were only going to arbitration?” highlighted.
He assured that the pertinent corrective measures and sanctions must be taken when this is done, because the procedural rules are being violated and the Supreme Court should not admit resources to delay the processes.
“That is too clear, because in the matter of arbitration it is known that when the arbitrators decide, that remains there and the decision is final”, he pointed out.
