Martinelli said to pressure Attorneys General and Judges

PRESIDENT RICARDO MARTINELLI made calls with “orders” to former Attorney General Ana Matilde Gomez during her tenure 2004-2010 she says.

Gomez made her remarks after the Panameñista deputy and president of the National Assembly (2009-2010) José Luis Varela revealed in the Open Debate program that he heard on several occasions Martinelli , instructing the then Attorney General Giuseppe Bonissi and magistrates of the Supreme Court.

"In my first year in the National Assembly as president (2009-2010) [ I was ] in many situations and meetings with the President of the Republic, I saw the prosecutor Bonissi called on some cases and given some instructions, and I saw him do it with the Supreme Court repeatedly, " Varela said, adding that such orders were fulfilled gradually.
He said Martinelli’s actions constitute a violation of Article 2 of the Constitution, which provides that the legislature, executive and judicial bodies act "limited and separately.”
Bonissi was chosen by Martinelli in February 2010 to be designated after Gómez, was dismissed for alleged abuse of power.
In his 11 months as Attorney General, Bonissi endorsed wiretapping [riots Bocas del Toro] , ordered more than 100 transfers and dismissals, attacked freedom of expression and was accused of allowing drug organizations to penetrate the department, . In December 2010, he was replaced by another Martinelli pick, Jose Ayu Prado, now president of the Supreme Court.
Gomez said she did not doubt the truth of what Varela said as Martinelli also tried to instruct her in several cases.
"When he [Martinelli] gave his first speech as president to the United Nations (September 2009), he called me from New York trying to pressure me to assign a staff member directly to the Drug Prosecutor's Office,… The worst thing is that he does not respect what one answers him, he says, ‘you deal with the technicalities '. That was his phrase, "Gomez said.
Ex prosecutor Rogelio Cruz, says the system is designed so that any President has interference in the legal system of the country. “If the Attorney General ignores the President him, he’s out," he said.