Without being charged and without performing an arraignment hearing, the former president of the Republic Ricardo Martinelli had to face, unfairly, according to its supporters, the process followed for the alleged commission of the crimes of inviolability of secrecy and the right to privacy or wiretapping.
In the process is pending solve a presented by the legal defense of Panama's former president, after an arrest warrant against him given by the magistrate investigating judge Jerome Mejia, but lawyers Martinelli detail that the arrest warrant is not what authorized by the Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ).
That is, the Supreme Court ordered driving Martinelli for being in "rebellion" by not attending hearings control over the case, but the request Mejia calls for the international arrest of former president to face a charge that does not exist.
"The detention order given by Judge Mejia does not correspond to what was authorized by the Supreme Court, the Court only authorized detention for rebellion, however, Judge Mejia said that there is an accusation and that the order was given within the parameters record in research, "explained one of the lawyers Martinelli, Carlos Carrillo.
Carrillo reiterated that it has not been an accusation or indictment hearing and, nevertheless, Judge Mejia refers in his note that the arrest warrant occurs for reasons of investigation and prosecution, which is not true.
"The Mejia magistrate could only comply with the rebellion, period. It is the only cause, and the word rebellion is not mentioned in the arrest warrant," he added.
He recalled that the Criminal Procedure Code provides that no complaint can be no declaration of default much less arrest.
When asked why the president Martinelli has not been charged, he said he was unaware of the reasons why "is not respected due process."
The lawyer also recalled that warned that acted separately to the law so also some media have obtained confidential information that affects the process.
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El vocero de Martinelli y dirigente de su partido, Cambio Democrático, Luis Eduardo Camacho, se pronunció sobre estas últimas decisiones expresando a través de su cuenta de Twitter que eran "malos hasta para hacer trampa", pues la CSJ ordenó detención por rebeldía, pero el magistrado Mejía pide captura por acusación inexistente.
"Según ley: No hay acusación sin imputación; ni rebeldía sin imputación; mucho menos detención sin imputación; malos hasta para hacer trampa", escribió el ex secretario de Comunicación del Estado en la red social.
El propio expresidente Martinelli también ha levantado su voz en varias ocasiones, una de ellas para denunciar que Transparencia Internacional Panamá, "integrado por mis enemigos políticos", mal informa a Transparencia Internacional.
