Fiscalía Wants MAR Back in Jail
The Fiscalia (prosecutor's office) want former president Miguel Angel Rodríguez back in jail. Miguel Angel Rodríguez just wants to complete his hour arrest. And judge Magaly Hernández is in the middle to resolve the dispute.

The former president was again in court yesterday (Friday), attending a private hearing at the Tribunales de Goicoechea in the latest round between the Ministerio Pública and the former president.

The Fiscalia claims that Rodríguez has attempted to obstruct the investigation against him and the charges presented by two members of the board of directors of the Instituto Nacional de Seguros (INS) against José Antonio Lobo.

On the other hand, Rodríguez's defense claims that the Ministerio Público is negotiating with Lobo for an abbreviated process and that Lobo has changed his version of the story of his involvement in the ICE-Alcatel scandal that led to the arrest of Rodríguez last October 15.

Lobo fingered the former president as receiving a portion of the payoff that the French telecommunications firm paid for the "prize" of being awarded the multimillion dollar contract to install the current GSM cellular telephone network.

Lobo told investigators that his friend and former boss (Lobo was a minister in the Rodríguez administration) made the decision who was to get what of the payoff. Lobo has been under house arrest since last year.

Rodríguez's defense lawyer says the former president just wants to remain under house arrest and is looking forward to his day in court, where he will be vindicated as set free of all the accusations.