71% of Panamanians  reject TE decision on Martinelli

Some71% of Panamanians questioned by the Gismo Services, SA in a survey, prepared for La Estrella de Panamá, disagree with the decision of the Electoral Tribunal to revoke an earlier decision to lift the electoral criminal jurisdiction of former President Ricardo Martinelli. The survey took a sample of 1,800 Panamanians in all provinces plus the Ngäbe Buglé region and was conducted between April 6 and 10.

Judges Heriberto Araúz (speaker) and Alfredo Juncá endorsed the ruling arguing the existence of the specialty principle, by which the former president was extradited from the United States, so as not to be investigated for crimes other than the case of the punctures, in which Martinelli was found not guilty.