Judges Approve Probe of Former Minister
Story by La Prensa English Edition
The Electoral Tribunal authorized the Second Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office to continue the investigation of former Education Minister Belgis Castro for the alleged offense of crimes against public administration.
The judges decided to allow the investigation to go forward after reviewing a report that highlighted irregularities in the contracts issued by the ministry for the repair of schools in Colón and the eastern sector of Panama.
Castro, who ran in past elections as a candidate for the National Assembly, was Education minister between September 2007 and May 2008.
The current minister, Lucy Molinar, and Social Development Minister Guillermo Ferrufino, submitted a series of complaints to the Public Ministry which involves officials from the past administration.
Ferrufino has also ordered an audit of the "Red de Oportunidades" program, in which irregularities were found that involved the theft of about $1.5 million.
The president of the opposition Partido Revolucionario Democrático, Balbina Herrera, said that complaints filed by the government of Ricardo Martinelli are part of a strategy to make the previous government look bad.
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