Filter information to the media about the processes followed by the ex-president Ricardo Martinelli, without the defense is notified of priority, confirms that there is a persecution against Central American Parliament deputy.
Defense lawyers of former president disowned yesterday how the Supreme Court (CSJ) is handling the proceedings against his client, while reported that to date have not been notified of the decision of Judge Jerome Mejia, who acts as judge warranty in one case against Martinelli, who asked the Foreign Ministry to begin the process of extradition of the entrepreneur.
In that sense, the former prosecutor and part of the defense team Martinelli Dimas Guevara stated: "It is precisely the actions that have been claiming, since because first we learned through the media and later found out the defending side. it is a mechanism that has been implemented in each case against exmandatario ".
Guevara said that this is one case (punctures) having an appearance of weakness because it has a defect of nullity because not impute office and went straight to prosecution. "He said you accused him, but he was not told what the crime so that it can defend itself," he said.
Added. "Until yesterday (Friday) only knew about the information that had come out in the media have tried to corroborate the information through Foreign Ministry and Interpol, and have not notified us anything about it," said the lawyer.
"In fact, as is the weekend, we'll have to wait until Monday," said Guevara.
He recalled that if they were aware that there was a breakthrough in the process to seek extradition because the judge had ordered Mejia translate documents, which is part of the protocol required by the country where it is to manage this extradition.
Meanwhile, the lawyer Carlos Carrillo said the arrest warrant against Martinelli is based only on his alleged rebellion, since there is no charge or accusation against him, therefore, how can move forward a process that has ordered a detention without ever being charged or notified of the charges.
Carrillo said that so far not been able to discuss in the background, because the process is being used with a different intention to discover whether there was an unlawful, "what is being done is go after Ricardo Martinelli, and is regrettable."
The lawyer explained that the fact that Judge Mejia defined that it can not request the annulment of the proceedings of fiscal Harry Diaz left defenseless to exmandatario.
Carrillo, like Guevara, said that as defense lawyers have not been notified of the decision of Judge Mejia, although it was already leaked to the media.
"That humiliation has it become a normal procedure, and we hope to continue fighting so that one day the judges and staff of the Court can understand that the right to defense must be respected before the right to information," he said.
