Jose Raul Mulino said Martinelli’s asylum in the Nicaraguan embassy “is a matter being handled at the level of the judiciary, not the Executive branch”
HAVANA TIMES – The President of Panama, Jose Raul Mulino, stated on Thursday that “there is no progress” in the situation of former President Ricardo Martinelli (2009-2014), who is seeking asylum in the Nicaraguan Embassy following a conviction for corruption. Mulino, who was Martinelli’s substitute candidate in the last elections, also noted that this case is being “handled by the judiciary” and not by the Executive branch.
“The case of Mr. Martinelli remains the same. There is no progress nor request for a safe-conduct. It is a matter being handled at the level of the judiciary and not the Executive branch,” the Panamanian president said in his weekly press conference.
Martinelli has been residing in the Nicaraguan Embassy since March 2024, when his candidacy for the elections, in which Mulino ran as his vice president, was disqualified after he was sentenced to more th