Lawyers push judge to move on Martinelli
LAWYERS of victims of government wiretapping are trying to light a fire under the Supreme Court judge who has been sitting on a file indicting former president Ricardo Martinelli.
They announced Tuesday October 27, that they will submit an application to Lawyers try to get stalled judge moving on Martinelli
get the guarantee judge in the process, Jeronimo Mejia, to decide as soon as possible the date for the hearing against Martinelli
Carlos Herrera Moran, attorney of Doctor Mauro Zuñiga, victim of wiretapping, said that the application will follow the request made by the prosecutor Judge Harry Diaz, that the hearing be held as soon as possible. The request was made by Diaz when he presented his indictment on October 9.
The request of Zuñiga’s was done because of the stalling of the process by the guarantee judge, who has not notified the defense of Martinelli of the indictment.
Osvaldo Galez Pinzon, lawyer of former PRD presidential candidate Balbina Herrera, supports the points made by Moran to streamline the process.
He warned that the Criminal Procedure Code sets strict peremptory times for the guarantee judge to act and also sets administrative sanctions for breach of the deadlines.
