Martinelli helicopter deal facing deep analysis

PANAMA’S Cabinet will undertake a “deep analysis” of all the contracts related to the Italian company Finmeccanica said President Juan Carlos Varela on Tuesday, July 29. The company’s former chief executives are facing trial in Italy along with Valter Lavitola, the gofer between the Martinelli government and Finmeccanica for alleged bribery in Panama and elsewhere

The Cabinet Council will discuss the issue next week. “A thorough analysis of the issue of investment.. Everything, “he said.

He added that the efficacy of the contract and whether justified or not will be evaluated. reports La Prensa

“The cabinet will do a full review. The Ministry of Security and the National Air Service will announced the results of the assessment to the country” he said Finmeccanica signed contracts in Panama in the amount of $250 million, including the purchase of 19 radars, 6 helicopters and a digital map. At the time Turkey was reported as having acquired more Finmeccanica helicopters  for less money

In the first Cabinet Council held on July 2, the hiring of a law firm in Italy to represent the country’s interests in court cases involving possible injury to state property.

Former president Ricardo Martinelli whose name has surfaced in multiple reports of Italian prosecutors has repeatedly called the investigations a “soap opera.”Martinelli helicopter deal facing “deep analysis”
PANAMA’S Cabinet will undertake a “deep analysis” of all the contracts related to the Italian company Finmeccanica said President Juan Carlos Navarro on Tuesday, July 29. The company’s former chief executives are facing trial in Italy along with Valter Lavitola, the gofer between the Martinelli government and Finmeccanica for alleged bribery in Panama and elsewhere
The Cabinet Council will discuss the issue next week. “A thorough analysis of the issue of investment. Everything, “he said.
He added that the efficacy of the contract and whether justified or not will be evaluated.
“The cabinet will do a full review. The Ministry of Security and the National Air Service will announced the results of the assessment to the country” he said Finmeccanica signed contracts in Panama in the amount of $ 250 million, including the purchase of 19 radars, 6 helicopters and a digital map.
In the first Cabinet Council held on July 2, the hiring of a law firm in Italy to represent the country’s interests in court cases involving possible injury to state property.
Former president Ricardo Martinelli whose name has surfaced in multiple reports of Italian prosecutors has repeatedly called the investigations a “soap opera.”