Supreme Court rulings  a setback for Martinelli defense

In the last 48 hours, Pamama’s Supreme Court of Justice has ruled on two legal appeals filed by lawyers of former President Ricardo Martinelli.

Both edicts constitute setbacks for the defense of Martinelli in lawsuits reports TVN. As stated in edict 464, the plenary session of the Supreme Court of Justice did not admit the action for

protection of constitutional guarantees filed by the jurist Carlos Carrillo Gomila against edict No. 21-3054,

through which the First Superior Court of the First Judicial district did not give course to a previous lawsuit

filed against Baloisa Marquínez, judge of the case “New Business”.

As for the decree 465, the Plenum of the Supreme Court rejected a challenge of proceedings challenging the position taken by the prosecutor Javier Caraballo, who qualified as unconstitutional the decision of the Tribunal Electoral not to lift the electoral jurisdiction to Martinelli claiming the validity of the principle of specialty. The businessman was extradited in 2018.

The decisions of the Supreme Court of Justice occur at a time when the 2024 political campaign is taking

shape and Martinelli, in his role as president of the Realizing Goals party seeks to cling to an electoral jurisdiction to avoid his appearance as a defendant. to the hearings scheduled within the “ New Business ” and “ Odebrecht.