Marta Linares de Martinelli, wife of ex-president Ricardo Martinelli, armed with a power of attorney went to the Electoral Tribunal on Friday, June 21 and withdrew her two sons from their elected positions as substitutes in the Central American Parliament, (Parlacen).

Their withdrawal from what their father has labeled a “den of thieves” was made while 20 deputies and their alternates  received their credentials

The sons, Ricardo and Luis Enrique Martinelli Linares, were not present. They are fugitives, investigated for the bribes of  Odebrecht and the case of the company Blue Apple and on  bail in the US   facing an extradition process 

Ricardo Martinelli Linares was a substitute for Carlos Outten, for Cambio Democrático (CD.  Luis Enrique Martinelli Linares was a substitute for Héctor Valderrama, of the Alliance Party.