We will not do it because of the special characteristics of this case, because the interested parties are retained in the host country and because carrying out this act requires effective information on the status and specific condition of the alternate deputies. We ask to leave this task to the headquarters, said Gilberto Sucari, vice president of Parlacen-Panama, in a note addressed to the board.

Recently, the Parlacen board of directors issued instructions for the Panamanian bench to swear in the Martinelli Linares brothers as alternate deputies of that regional body.

The instruction is contained in a note that the Guatemalan Carlos Rafael Fion Morales , secretary of the board of directors, sent last Tuesday, July 21, to Panamanian parliamentarians Gilberto Succari and Cirilo Salas. Succari and Salas are also vice president and secretary - respectively - of the Parlacen board of directors, representing the Panamanian bench.

Succari informs in the note on Monday that, in effect, he summoned the Panamanian bench to inform it of the instruction issued by the Parlacen directive.

Even though the swearing in, as an administrative act, does not require any vote, it was in our interest to know the opinion of our deputies, he said in the letter.

He added that to give more security to this issue they requested a meeting with Fion Morales, with the Panama bench, via Zoom, but it did not happen. This discussion was essential for us, said Succari.

Since their arrest, Ricardo Alberto and Luis Enrique have been accused of violations of their alleged parliamentary immunity.

This Monday, the lawyer for the Martinelli Linares brothers presented a request for a 'personal exhibition' before a justice of the peace, requesting the immediate release of his clients, detained in Guatemala.