Hearing suspension for multi-case ex-minister

ONE OF the multiple cases facing former Minister of Social Development Guillermo Ferrufino was suspended on Monday, July 16 over an appeal filed by the defense of Ferrufino and Ángel Brennan, charged with crime against public administration in the form of corruption of public servants over the purchase of a Toyota Land Cruiser . The appeal was filed against a ruling that did not admit some evidence that the defense of would present. Ferrufino is processed for allegedly receiving $50,000 from a company that benefited with contracts from the Ministry of Social Development for the purchase of the and Cruiser. The man who once had presidential ambitions was recently charged with impaired driving in Chiriqui while under house arrest in Panama.