A court of the Electoral Court (TE) decided to lift the criminal electoral jurisdiction of former President Ricardo Martinelli Berrocal for the Odebrecht case, as stated in an edict published this Wednesday.
Martinelli had been granted criminal electoral jurisdiction due to the internal elections of the Realizing Goals (RM) party that took place on April 24.
Martinelli is the president and legal representative of RM, a party recognized by the TE through Resolution No. 4 of March 24, 2021.
The defense of the former president has two business days to file an appeal against the decision of the electoral court.
The preliminary hearing of the Odebrecht case is scheduled to take place between July 18 and August 5.
The process tracks the millionaire bribes paid by the Brazilian construction company in Panama, and links 62 people, including former presidents Martinelli, Juan Carlos Varela; as well as former ministers, businessmen, among others.
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