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Panama says it won't intervene to help Trump with hotel spat
LBN thread: Trump Organization pressures Varela
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Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS APRIL 9, 2018 / 6:58 PM / UPDATED AN HOUR AGO
Panama says it won't intervene to help Trump with hotel spat
Reuters Staff
2 MIN READ
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - Panama’s government said on Monday it will not intervene in a dispute between the Trump Organization and a new majority investor in a hotel in the country’s capital, after the U.S. president’s family business asked for help.
In March, legal representatives of the Trump Organization wrote to Panama President Juan Carlos Varela asking him to help the group in its fight over ownership of the 70-floor hotel complex, according to a letter seen by Reuters.
The letter from a law firm, dated March 22, asks Varela to use his influence and alleges that its due process rights had been violated.
But the Panamanian vice president said on Monday that getting involved in the dispute would be outside the government’s remit.
“I don’t think that the executive branch has a position to take while this issue is in process in the judicial branch,” Vice President Isabel Saint Malo told reporters.
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Panama says it won't intervene to help Trump with hotel spat
Reuters Staff
2 MIN READ
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - Panama’s government said on Monday it will not intervene in a dispute between the Trump Organization and a new majority investor in a hotel in the country’s capital, after the U.S. president’s family business asked for help.
In March, legal representatives of the Trump Organization wrote to Panama President Juan Carlos Varela asking him to help the group in its fight over ownership of the 70-floor hotel complex, according to a letter seen by Reuters.
The letter from a law firm, dated March 22, asks Varela to use his influence and alleges that its due process rights had been violated.
But the Panamanian vice president said on Monday that getting involved in the dispute would be outside the government’s remit.
“I don’t think that the executive branch has a position to take while this issue is in process in the judicial branch,” Vice President Isabel Saint Malo told reporters.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-panama-trump/panama-says-it-wont-intervene-to-help-trump-with-hotel-spat-idUSKBN1HG382
