Martinelli signs law suit against Electoral Tribunal
The target list of President Martinelli and the CD party continues to grow, with judges of the Electoral Tribunal, the latest to appear in the cross hairs.
"The strategy is clear. The only thing that the President does not control is the Electoral Tribunal and it is clear that he needs to control it now, so he can have it all: the Comptroller, Electoral Court, Supreme Court, Assembly Members and Attorney General, said , Mariano Mena, coordinator of the newly formed Front for Democracy.
“Martinell is mortally wounded, by losing the 5th chamber and the sale of assets belonging to the people and the TE could be can be a counterweight to the government control of institutions.
State Communications Secretary Luis Eduardo Camacho, denied that the law suit aginst the TE judges was put forward by Martinelli.
Camacho's reaction comes after opposition parties questioned the case against judges Gerardo Felipe Solis (President), Eduardo Valdés Escoffery (VP) and Erasmo Pinilla Castillero
Jorge Alberto Rosas a deputy of the Nationalist Republican Liberal Movement (Molirena) Rosas said, , the lawsuit was filed t May 23.and relates to the ruling in a case of the Los Santos representative, Nidia Cureña.for having failed to rule her election invalid said Rosas.
"This is not a demand of President Ricardo Martinelli "Camacho said on RPC Radio .”It is presented by the Democratic Change party (CD) and the President is the legal representative of that group … Given the misinformation people must be informed," said Camacho . “The president is the legal representative of the CD not just now but for many years,"