Moore is responsible for the mistakes in the process

The Judicial Code provides that fiscal third anticorruption Zuleyka Moore and other officials of instruction can be not only subject of a fine from their superior, but also by criminal and civil actions in the performance of their duties responsibilities.

According to the former director of the Center for Reception of Complaints of the Deputy Attorney General of the Republic and attorney Ronier Ortiz, this applies to summary related to the purchase of radars to the Italian company Finmeccanica.

He said that Article 2033 states the term with the investigating officers to conduct investigations and establishes a not determined in the case that has not stopped time, but in the record of the radar itself is imprisoned former Minister of Public Security José Raul Mulino.

The lawyer said that this practice is not new and are made at every turn by prosecutors, primarily responsible for finding out drug-related offenses because they go beyond the terms established in the Judicial Code.

In the case of radars, the circuit criminal judge V, Enrique Paniza, annulled the proceedings by Moore since the September 22, 2015, as the end of the investigation was up. The Public Ministry announced in a statement it would appeal the ruling Paniza.

The Paniza judge based his decision on case law and Article 1950 of the Judicial Code, which establishes the nullity of processes if not meet the requirements.

The cancellation included the investigation of Mulino, his arrest warrant and other legal proceedings, such as inspection radars, plus affidavits.

Moore after the prosecutor appealed, the case will be sent to the Second Superior Court for the judges of this court in deciding whether they are valid arguments Paniza judge or the prosecutor Moore.

Lawyers recently polled by Panama America explained that the decision to Paniza had to have been aimed at decreeing the nullity of the whole process.

Armando Fuentes, top former prosecutor, he shares this view, "the judge to apply the nullity decreed inquest providence as a null act, therefore, is null entire process," he added.

He said that by annulling the diligence investigation leaves no indictments therefore no case if there are no suspects.

On the right there is a figure called "legal factual binomial" which emphasizes that there is a process should be an offense and a subject to investigate the alleged crime.

The law lawyer added that the annulled all proceedings from arraignment is also annulled the fiscally requesting the appeal trial of the accused.

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Fiscal obvió llamar a declarar a personajes del Partido Panameñista

Por la compra de radares y los equipos que serían utilizados, la Fiscalía Tercera Anticorrupción le formó cargos al exministro de Seguridad Pública, José Raúl Mulino, y al exsecretario ejecutivo del Consejo de Seguridad Nacional, Gustavo Pérez.

De acuerdo con el despacho de instrucción, se registró una lesión patrimonial contra el Estado panameño y pidió al juzgado procesar penalmente a los sindicados. En el polémico caso, la defensa de los acusados pidió llamar a declarar al antiguo canciller y actual mandatario Juan Carlos Varela y al extitular de Economía y Finanzas Alberto Vallarino. La fiscalía solo aceptó citar a Vallarino para que declarara. Mientras, documentos oficiales indicaron que los negociadores de la adquisición del equipo fueron Varela, en su condición de ministro de Relaciones Exteriores; el vicecanciller Melitón Arrocha y Vallarino, pero ninguno de los dos primeros recibió una citación para explicar las negociaciones.