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Weekly Report - 16 April 2015 (WR-15-15)
PANAMA: Martinelli to face the music?
Days before Panama attracted international scrutiny as the host of the 10-11 April Summit of the Americas, it made headlines for other reasons – the decision by the electoral authority (TE) to strip former President Ricardo Martinelli (2009-2014), of the immunity from prosecution he enjoys as president of Cambio Democrático (CD). The move means that Martinelli can now be investigated for alleged corruption that took place in the government social fund (PAN) under his mandate. The investigation, which began last year [WR-14-35], is one of the biggest into official corruption and has left his successor, President Juan Carlos Varela and his El Pueblo Primero (EPP) coalition government an unlikely champion of transparency.
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