Resignation of Panamanian Supreme Court Requested
Different sectors of Panamanian society demanded the resignation of
magistrates of the local Supreme Court of Justice Friday, now in a
crisis for mutual accusations between judges.
According to a report from Italian news agency ANSA, the crisis has
gotten quite serious, and to start a reform, "it is necessary for
magistrates to be replaced," said Magaly Castillo, executive director of
the Alliance for Justice.
Different institutions like the Lawyers College and the Libertad
Foundation also claimed for the resignation of the 9 magistrates, who
mutually accuse each other of charges such as liberation of
drug-traffickers, murderers, and money-launderers.
ANSA said the crisis got worsened when magistrates Arturo Hoyos, Winston
Spadafora and Anibal Salas, accused their colleague Adan Arnulfo Arjona
of "having made a parallel administration" using officials from other
areas..
Arjona, for his part, said that all the situations regarding personnel
working in his office "have worked with a strict attachment to the law."
Other decisions such as people investigated for homicide, illegal weapon
traffic, drug-trafficking, and others, formed a great summary of mutual
accusations that made several sectors of the society ask President
Martin Torrijos to pronounce on the case.
President Torrijos and local political forces and blocks must demand a
public explanation to the magistrates, said Jose Raul Mulino, president
of the Solidarity Party.
Carlos Vazquez, president of the National Lawyers Guild, assured the
Supreme Court is "a judicial madhouse" and requested "an immediate
action of the government" on the work and values of the magistrates of
the Supreme Court.
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