Prosecutor slams Martinelli threats
Dak Boni, center arrives at court
A day before the reopening of the trial of Ricardo Martinelli for alleged spying Anti-corruption prosecutor Ricaurte González denounced threats by Martinelli who said he is going to sue the Public Ministry and a Supreme Court Judge,
On Thursday, April 4 the Superior Court of Appeals held a hearing to discuss a habeas corpus in favor of the former president. The appeal was filed by Italian journalist and lawyer based in Panama, Diego Dal Boni who has no license to practice in Panama but was accompanied by Martinelli defense lawyers.
Martinelli asked the court to change his precautionary measure. He explained that he has not evaded justice, because when he left the country, on January 28, 2015, there was no process against him.
He did not mention make the reservation that 10 days before that date, Gustavo Pérez and Alejandro Garuz, ex-director of the National Security Council were detained in the same case. Many of the arguments have already been put forward in the past you when he tried to be released.
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Prosecutor Ricaurte González said that at this hearing, Martinelli announced that he would file lawsuits against the Public Ministry.
"The threats, wherever they come from, are not going to overwhelm us," the prosecutor said.
Martinelli, who is provisionally detained in El Renacer, arrived at the court from the Specialized Prosecutor's Office against Organized Crime, where he is authorized to review, with his lawyers, seven booklets with confidential information about the victims spied on by the National Security Council.
The Public Ministry announced that it opposes the release of Martinelli, accused of the alleged commission of crimes against the inviolability of secrecy and the right to privacy, and two types of embezzlement.
The oral trial for the wiretapping case is scheduled to resume Friday, April 5, at 2:00 pm.,
The ex-president has been held in El Renacer prison since June 11, when he was extradited by the United States, at the request of the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court ordered the detention of Martinelli on December 21, 2015, and, since then, on several occasions has confirmed the precautionary measure.
