Lawyers praised the actions of the judge Paniza in Mulino case

As a wise and timely decision jurists qualify the proceedings made by Enrique Paniza, criminal fifth circuit judge in the case against the former Minister of Public Security José Raul Mulino.

However, lawyers consider it necessary to reform some aspects of the Judicial Code.

In that sense the lawyer Victor Almengor said it was a wise and timely decision which took Paniza, so that the other judges in the country are seen in the reflection of this action which was under the law.

Almengor said it is necessary to make changes to the Judicial Code to new the accusatory penal system (SPA) currents, but made clear that this time the judge has acted according to law, because he has given a different injunction which had at that time, under the Public Ministry has the opportunity to appeal the decision and the High Court may revoke or confirm it.

Meanwhile, the lawyer Ernesto Cedeño Almengor that coincided with a discussion on the legal level is carried out to see what standard should be modified.

Cedeno recommended that the issue be dealt with through the group called "Pact for Justice" and if it does must be initiative of the Executive Branch or the National Assembly.

According to the lawyer, if the topic is not discussed, judges could fall in selectivity. "We are having several codes of interpretation and that is wrong, which affects more justice.

He added that the Judicial Code does not express any grounds to cancel a process of this magnitude. The decision by Judge Paniza was something no other judge had done in Panama, since in the Judicial Code is not clear, "he said.

While Carlos Lee, member of the Citizens Alliance for Justice, explained that the Judicial Code is not established that if the prosecutor does not meet the deadlines is causal to override an investigation, but what the statement is an administrative sanction to official because it did not meet the terms.

According to Lee, when the the process is declared invalid it will not be applied other precautionary measure because Jose Raul Mulino is automatically disconnected from the process being investigated.

Lee also concurred with the view of Cedeño that should make changes to the Judicial Code so that such ambiguities are not given.

Moore prosecutor has 48 hours to appeal the measure and be the Second Superior Court whether to ratify the annulment of Judge Paniza or dictates another decision.
The reactions of jurists are given, after the fifth Criminal Circuit Judge Enrique Paniza, annul all actions taken by the fiscal third anticorruption Zuleyka Moore, from the coot 3,997 onwards and related summary for the offense for the public administration in the purchase of radars and other equipment to the Italian company Finmeccanica.s.

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Datos

• Medida cautelar

• El pasado 26 de octubre de 2015, la fiscal Zuleyka Moore ordenó detención preventiva contra el exministro de Seguridad José Raúl Mulino.

• Atraso

• Según el juez Enrique Paniza, desde el pasado 22 de septiembre de 2015 la fiscal Moore debió remitir el expediente al juzgado, sin embargo, lo hizo hasta finales de enero del año en curso.

• Nueva medida

• El exministro de Seguridad tiene una nueva medida: país por cárcel y debe firmar todos los 30 de cada mes.