Panama sheds another corrupt official. More to come. Let the cleansing begin!!
A three-member judicial panel sentenced a suspended Panamanian Supreme Court justice to five years in prison for unjustified enrichment in an unusual case of corruption that captured this Central American nation’s attention.
The tribunal on Thursday approved an agreement in which former high court justice Alejandro Moncada Luna pleaded guilty to the charges. He was transferred to jail. Moncada Luna had been under house arrest during the judicial process.
In 2009, Moncada Luna was named to a 10-year-term as one of nine Supreme Court justices under the administration of then-President Ricardo Martinelli.
The three-member panel suspended Moncada Luna as a justice in October and placed him under house arrest. It was the first case of a criminal conviction against a member of Panama’s highest court.
The Cleansing is going beyond the Judicial and Executive….now it’s seeping down to the Educational. Check this out http://thepanamanews.com/wp/?p=9161
I doubt this would ever happen if it weren’t for Varela’s example of intolerance to corruption.
Viva Varela!
Good to see that Panama at least has the sense to clean its house…
The U.S. needs it badly but doesn’t have the good sense that Panama does.
Corruption reins supreme in America.
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