former president Panama Ricardo Martinelli demanded judge Palm investigating her for spying on her ex-partner Majorca HE sue you for delay in locating. The judge agreed a few weeks ago summoning him to testify as a defendantAfter Martinelli himself was finally revealed in the judicial process, but the politician now cannot be carried out because the investigation period has expired. He claims this through his lawyer. now taking a statement from him would be a violation of his rights and adds that both his summons and his presence must be done through the rogatory commission.
Martinelli indicted by president of Palma de No. 1 court on violence against women crimes of criminal organization, disclosure of secrets and harassment with using a group tool Civil Guard controlling his ex-wife’s movements on the island for months. The investigation concluded in March 2022. Arrest of four agents and two others for acting on orders from Panamanian politician in Mallorca to spy on the woman.
Since then neither Palma 2. relationship between politician and complainantThey managed to locate Martinelli’s whereabouts to summon him to testify as a defendant. This situation led to the stalemate of the case And At the end of January, the prosecutor’s office requested a temporary suspension from duty. to promote procedure against the remaining defendants of the case against him.
Panamanian politician tab moved a few days later. He showed signs of life in court in mid-February and appointed a Valencian lawyer to represent him in the case. The judge later revoked the measures taken to find Martinelli and agreed to summon him to testify as a person under investigation. The court did not set a date for this interrogation, while waiting to set a date according to the availability of its agenda.
Martinelli’s lawyer delivered a letter accessible to Diario de Mallorca of the Prensa Ibérica group. requests that this summons be withdrawn and that the case against him be opened definitively.. It does this for the following reason: This procedure can no longer be performed because the maximum instruction time has expired. and do “This constitutes a violation of the right to trial with the necessary guarantees, effective judicial protection and the use of relevant evidence.”
Attorney, the investigation court on April 12, 2022 a. extension of teaching for a period of six monthsas a result, which ended last October and not renewed. The letter also points to the following fact: the case was later taken over by the court for violence against women does not mean that the period will start again, because “same facts” were being searched and both procedures were accumulating.
Martinelli’s attorney contributes a lot of jurisprudence Supreme Court to support your thesis All transactions after the expiry of the period are invalid. and it continues the summons to testify should be revoked and the case against him dropped.
Ricardo Martinelli, who was the president of Panama from 2009 to 2014, continues his duty in the meantime. immersed in pre-election campaigning for next year’s electionthat he aspires to be re-elected to run the country.