First Lady campaign commercials questioned

IN SPITE OF statements that the First Lady role of Marta Martinelli, wife of President Ricardo Martinelli would not be used to aid her bid for the Vice-Presidency, her latest campaign commercial, uses images from the presidencia.gob.pa site .

As a candidate for Democratic Change (CD ), Marta Martinelli is pictured at  State visits with Pope Francis and the President of Portugal. In other pictures she appears in shirts carrying the logo of the National Government, reports La Prensa.

According to Javier Ordinola , former legal asessor  of the Electoral Tribunal, the matter should be investigated by the Electoral Office, as it might be the misuse of state resources.
A year ago, the President asked  ministers who wanted to participate in the CD primary  to step aside to avoid misunderstandings about "the funds and the time of the State". However, now that the first lady is on the main list of CD candidates Martinelli’s wife says she will not leave her office, where she manages an annual budget of $ 2.5 million says La Prensa