PANAMA CITY – Panamanians are criticizing the silence of the country's top court in the face of accusations of government corruption so wide-ranging that the U.S. Embassy said it affected U.S. national interests.
In diplomatic cables released this week on the WikiLeaks website, embassy officials said they had "credible and compelling information" that Supreme Court Justice Winston Spadafora took bribes to influence court cases.
Neither Spadafora nor the court has responded to repeated requests for comment.
The president of Panama's lawyers association says the court has instituted a worrisome policy of silence on the accusations.
Political science professor Miguel Antonio Bernal said Monday the accusations indicate "the high degree of corruption" in Panama's legal system.
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