Next Monday the trial of the New Business case should begin, which has to do with the purchase of local media by a former president and his clique of partners, some state contractors, allegedly with public funds.

As always, the main defendant has resorted to his well-known delaying tactics with issues that have already been the subject of judicial decisions (in no case has he been found to be right), such as electoral criminal jurisdiction or the principle of specialty. He has even asked that deceased people be called as witnesses. This individual, whenever the judicial decisions are not to his liking, ensures that he is politically persecuted. Otherwise, when he does applaud justice and speaks beauties about judges and magistrates his speech is blatantly opportunistic and seeks to undermine the image of the Judiciary so that doubts harass the population regarding his cases. But while this subject undermines the credibility of his judges, the cases against him in other countries are advancing, although he cares little since they have no scope in Panama. At least we voters will know how far his greed, that of his family and those close to him, went. – LA PRENSA, Apr. 14.