Alfredo Vallarino, Ricardo Martinelli’s lawyer in the Odebrecht case, said in an interview on Radio Panama that they are doing an analysis of the mixed order issued by the Judicial Body where Judge Baloísa Marquínez decided to open a criminal case against 35 people accused of the crime against order economic in the form of money laundering and another for the crime against the national economy.
“The fact that a person is called to trial does not imply, in any situation, that that person has a degree of guilt, the trials are to determine if a person is innocent or guilty, that is what the trials are for, definitely we We do not agree with the substantive decision,” stressed Vallarino.
The date set by the court for the hearing is from August 1 to 18, 2023 at 9:00 a.m. and set as an alternate date from September 27 to October 17, 2023 among the people called trial is also former president Juan Carlos Varella.
For lawyer Vallarino, the way in which his client is judged is very different from other people: “You do not see this type of ruling for anyone who is making a trial, that is different with Ricardo Martinelli, you do not see a case where it is charged twice, that is with Ricardo Martinelli, but Ricardo is already a person who already knows how to deal with these issues.
You will see Ricardo Martinelli 100% running for the 2024 elections, Vallarino sentenced
