{"id":30981,"date":"2021-03-09T10:49:09","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T15:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/?p=30981"},"modified":"2021-03-09T10:49:09","modified_gmt":"2021-03-09T15:49:09","slug":"panama-new-attorney-general-faces-ticking-clock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/panama-new-attorney-general-faces-ticking-clock\/","title":{"rendered":"Panama- New Attorney General faces ticking clock"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Will Javier Caraballo the new attorney general be around long enough to oversee the fruition of the scores of criminal investigations of high-profile figures including two former presidents and their courtesans? Hopes run high but they always do when we accept false promises. \u00a0 From 1995 to 2021, in 26 years, Panama has had eight attorneys general: Jos\u00e9 Antonio Sossa,\u00a0Ana Matilde G\u00f3mez \u00a0, Giuseppe Bonissi,\u00a0Jos\u00e9 Ay\u00fa Prado \u00a0, Ana Isabel Belfon,\u00a0Kenia Porcell \u00a0,\u00a0Eduardo Ulloa \u00a0and Javier Caraballo, alternate attorney who\u00a0 now serves as the attorney in charge.\u00a0Only one, Jos\u00e9 Antonio Sossa, served the 10-year term of office.<\/p>\n

In a little more than a quarter of a century, the Public Ministry has faced very important institutional challenges: the inquisitorial system, which granter d many powers to the Public Ministry, was eliminated;\u00a0the Judicial Branch of the Judicial Technical Police, the investigative arm of the Public Ministry, was stripped;\u00a0A new generation of processes was introduced with the accusatory criminal system, and special trials for deputies and other graduates.<\/p>\n