Martinelli launches 20 revenge lawsuits

Lawsuits by former Panama resident Ricardo Martinelli, recently acquitted of massive wiretapping of opponents of all hues, are falling like black confetti in the justice system, while his team of lawyers continue to pad their wallets and court watchers await the results of appeals against the controversial decision by judges with ties to his administration.

His latest target is lawyer Rosendo Rivera, one of the victims of the illegal wiretapping, who faces a complaint for the alleged commission of the crime against honor.

The complaint was filed and admitted to the Primary Care Prosecutor’s Office of Parque Lefevre.

To date billionaire  Martinelli, who has boasted that he has the power and the money and has long threatened “payback”  has filed some 20 lawsuits filed in civil and criminal jurisdictions against citizens, journalists, cartoonists, communicators, editors and executives of various media.