Panama: Resolution in Favor of the Five
Panama (insidecostarica.com) - National College of Lawyers of Panama officially announced a resolution in favor of carrying out a fairer, faster and clearer trial for the antiterrorist Cuban five imprisoned in US 10 years ago, its President Martha Lopez reported Saturday.
The resolution of solidarity with the Cuban fighters has already been issued, she said, in which Washington authorities are urged to act in accordance with a fair process.
In statements to Prensa Latina, the also legal Consultant of the Commission of Foreign Relations of the National Assembly indicated that official announcement ratifies the position of National College of Lawyers of Panama regarding the case.
The resolution of the institution, member of the International Federation of Latin American Lawyers, states that the antiterrorist Cuban Five received sentences disproportionate.
The sentences emitted were in total four life imprisonments plus 75 years, affirming regarding this that no human being could fulfill them.
Panama Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Assembly condemned the long process against Antonio Guerrero, Gerardo Hernandez, Ramon Labañino, Fernando Gonzalez and Rene Gonzalez, unjustly imprisoned.
That legislative authority emitted a resolution that ratified the endorsement to a fairer trial and condemned the attack against the guarantees of the Cuban fighters reflected in the case.
Ecumenical Committee of Panama (a fraternal association of churches which confess Jesus Christ as God and Saviour) and the Latin American Council of Churches (an organization composed of Christian churches and movements) also expressed in favor in support to the cause of the antiterrorist Cuban Five.
