Lawyers Rubén Gómez and Migdalis Gómez  (not related) have been appointed by the Public Defense Institute as public defenders in the trial of former President Ricardo Martinelli (2009-2014), for alleged political espionage, in the last two years of his mandate.

The Gómez lawyers were assigned on Friday, in a distribution made among the group of public defenders. In this case, their workload and availability to participate in the Martinelli trial, which will resume on July 5, were taken into account.

The lottery is carried out in the Judicial Office, in alphabetical order, the same as that carried out to distribute files among the magistrates of the plenary session of the Supreme Court.

"Public defenders will receive the 27 volumes in the folder and other documentation, in order to guarantee an active defense if they were to intervene at the hearing," said a press release from the Judicial Branch, released on June 25.