Tamburelli to hospital on eve of revealing corruption names
GIACOMO TAMBURELLI the former executive director of Panama’s National Assistance Program entered the emergency room of the Hospital San Fernando on Sunday, December 21, due to a heart condition confirmed his lawyer Gonzalo Moncada Luna.A medical team was evaluating the patient,
Waiting outside the hospital were four members of the National Police.
Tamburelli was under house arrest, ordered by the Second Anticorruption Prosecutor, who is investigating him in relation to $45 million contract to acquire dehydrated food intended for students in public schools.
The former head of PAN was due to appear for further questioning on Tuesday, December 23 and has promised to cooperate with the investigators, and said that on that day he would reveal more names of people involved.
Meanwhile members of his family have left Panama after receiving threats.
Former president Ricardo Martinelli is said to have given Tamburelli orders to hire the company Lerkshore International Limited, SA, for the supply of dehydrated food during 2010 and 2011. The head of Lerkshore is also under house arrest.
The Second Anti-Corruption Prosecutor continue the investigation on Tuesday 23 December, and Tamburrelli had in this.