Ex- Minister questioned over $2.5 million enrichment
FORMER FIRST LADY Marta Martinelli led a group of protesting CD members outside the offices of offices of the Sixth Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’’s office on Thursday, August 11, when ex-Labor Minister Alma Cortés arrived to be questioned on charges of unjustified enrichment.
The interview began shortly after 9 a.m.
Prosecutor Aurelio Vásquez initiated the investigation based on an audit which concluded that the economic assets of the former minister (2009-2014) had increased by $2.5 million when she was in office, an amount that could not be justified.
The audit was presented by Comptroller Federico Humbert to prosecutors in June.
“What the comptroller has said has been taken out of context,” said Carlos Carrillo, the attorney for Cortés.
Several CD members, including, demonstrated outside the prosecutor’s office as a sign of support for Cortés.
Martinelli said that members of the CD are being unfairly targeted by the current government, the same argument she used at the Supreme Court when her husband, Ricardo Martinelli failed to appear to face charges.
