"You can take my house but not my dignity" – Martinelli target

Officials of the Judicial Branch carried out an investigation for the seizure of the property of former Attorney General, Kenia Porcell, as part of an investigation, requested by former President Ricardo Martinelli, in a lawsuit for damages to his image. This proceeding ended after Porcell’s attorneys posted a bond of $150,000.

The kidnapping measure does not mean that the former attorney is guilty of the case she faces reports TVN.

It is a judicial action that the judge took, according to an [outdated] Panamanian law, without having admitted or rejected the lawsuit.

“The diligence was $150,000 and a bond could be posted, thanks to the

lawyers, so that the assets of his house will not be taken,” said the former Attorney General.

“Everybody knows the role I played as an Attorney and that they have brought that many police officers for a civil kidnapping is an abuse of power. I trusted the rule of law and I am going to defend myself , ”said Porcell, after completing the procedure.

Porcell said that she has warned the security forces that she was threatened with phone calls that “something is going to happen to her.”

“At the time I represented an institution, where the work I did on the part of the Public Ministry and some courageous judges, is paying off,” said Porcell.

“As Attorney General of the Nation, I gave an interview and in the [Martinelli] wiretapping case, it was emblematic,   but I represented the Public Ministry and informed the country of what was happening, ” said the former attorney, who said that, if they want to sue, they should do it for her work as an official and not as a citizen.

“I am going to defend the few assets I have, and my children and I know that the message is we are going against the system. “Don’t be afraid, fight for Panama, fight for the country, ”said Porcell, who acknowledged that she is currently defending herself against more than 15 complaints reports TVN.

“In my house nothing wrong and illegal has been found  I am the person they have chosen to intimidate and frighten others, but the office of Attorney must only fear God and obey the law.

“You can take away my house and car, but the dignity with which I carry each case no one takes away from me,” the former attorney general said.