Scale of injustice!

A disservice is being done to the country’s business climate by court trials which take 15 years to produce sentences that can then be overturned on appeal.

EDITORIAL

It has taken such a long time that the main participants involved in the trail are not even the same people. Prensa.com reports that “…After 14 years of settling a process for alleged absolute monopolistic practices, the Ninth Court of the Civil Circuit has ruled that there was no merit to sanction five airlines that were denounced by the former Commission on Free Competition and Consumer Affairs (Clicac), today known as the Authority for Consumer Protection and Defense of Competition (Acodeco). ”

Beyond the details of the case, and our duty to report on the dispute over apparent anti-competitive practices, the real news is the time -15 years !!!- that it has taken for the Panamanian judicial system to reach a decision that in any case can be overturned on appeal. After 15 years, the litigation will continue for a few more.

With the XXI century now well under way, and Panama having made substantial progress, positioning itself on the regional and world stage as a nation of powerful development with claims to being a business hub, events such as the judicial system’s ability to resolve disputes, are not good news.