Judge calls for investigation of revelations of bribed colleagues

Panama Supreme Court Judge , Olmedo Arrocha has called for, an investigation process of the statements made by local lawyer Janio Lescure in Spain on the sale of judicial sentences in Panama.  

The Panamanian lawyer in recorded statements made to undercover Israeli investigators has said that there were four magistrates with whom he could make “deals”.  Two of them have been named in La Prensa, and have denied knowing Lescure,  but the son of one of them. Oyden Ortega is facing trial along with a former assistant of the judge, for influence-peddling in obtaining favorable judicial decisions.

Civil rights activists believe that this is the time for President Laurentino Cortizo to step forward and fulfill his promise of “no corruption.”