Lawsuit  advances against ruling that helps Martinelli dodge court date

The plenary session of the Supreme Court has assigned a period of ten business days for interested persons to give their opinion about a claim of unconstitutionality filed against the decision of the Electoral Court (TE) that maintained Ricardo Martinelli’s immunity.

The lawsuit was filed by Héctor Herrera and sought to declare unconstitutional the resolution of March 22 of the TE that granted electoral jurisdiction to former President Ricardo Martinelli due to the electoral process of his party Realizing Goals (RM).

 This allowed the former president to absent himself from the process in the New Business case, which should be resumed in July.

  Panama is the only country in the Americas that has electoral criminal jurisdiction.