Wire tapping allegations could put Administration prosecutor before the courts

(newsroompanama.com) Panama’s tangled web of wire tapping allegations is getting messier with reports that Panama’s ex administration prosecutor Oscar Ceville, could face the same fate as the former Attorney General Ana Matilde Gomez.

Gomez was sentenced to six months imprisonment and barred from public office for four years, by , the Supreme Court for ordering wiretaps without legal authority. The case was initiated by the Administration Prosecutor’s office.

 The court will have to deal with two issues one  for the wire tapping allegedly ordered by Ceville, and another of attempted extortion, an accusation by Ceville against his former security chief, Jorge Abrego, who claims he was ordered by Ceville to carry out the taps.

Naphtali Jaén, an adviser to deputy prosecutor, Giuseppe Bonissi said hewill ask the Court to indicate the procedure to follow
The Judicial Code indicates that the Court should appoint a public prosecutor, who could be the Attorney General, to carry out process if the case warrants.

Jaén said that he is awaitingthe response of the Electoral Tribunal and the Foreign Ministry on the status of parliamentary immunity of former President Martin Torrijos, who, according to Ceville, was notified of the wire tapping.

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Date Retrieved: August 17, 2010