The defense objection of the general Boanerges Reyes Batistaand from Captain Franklin Antonio Mata Flores, to the presence of the press at the hearing of the preliminary trial of the Coral Casecaused the first impasse between the court, the Public ministry and lawyers for the accused.
Lawyer Waldo Paulino said that advertising in the media and on the networks threatens the life and modesty of his clients as established by the rule in article 308, and that they still retain their military status.
The defense of the press was assumed by the head of the Specialized Prosecution Office against Administrative Corruption (PEPCA)Wilson Camacho, who argued that the stage of the process is public, oral and contradictory.
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Camacho was joined by the lawyer Félix Portes, defense of six of the defendants, who said that he was not opposed to the presence of the press because he understands that the publicity of the trial does not affect the modesty of any of his clients.
After 10 minutes of debate with the aim of removing Hoy reporters from the courtroom, the judge of the sixth Investigating Court of the National District, Yanibet Rivas, rejected the petition of the officers’ lawyer.
The magistrate indicated that “Although article 308 of the norm, referring to the affectation of what is private life and modesty, and to which the defense appealed to claim that the trial be without press, the same, combined with the 290, is clear in establishing that when the process is due or against an official or infractions that affect public property, as is the one instructed in this preliminary hearing, the media have the right to access».
