The Attorney General and their replacement are established in the Political Constitution of Panama in Article 224 Nombramiento del Procurador General y su reemplazo establecido en la Constitución Política de Panamá en el Artículos 224

Abstract

This research originates from a project in conjunction with International IDEA and the Electoral Tribunal, with the objective of promoting the Constitutional evaluation of Panama, through an appropriate methodology for this purpose.

         The National Attorney is the highest representative of the Public Ministry, it is an autonomous entity that does not belong to any of the three State Bodies, Executive, Legislative or Judicial, and that participates in the Administrative Justice process of our country. Its impartiality and transparency in the appointment of the Prosecutor and his substitute at discretion within the mandate of the law is important.

    Constitutional precept 224, the reason for analysis in this investigation, indicates the parameters for appointing the Nation Attorney and the Administration Attorney and their substitutes, which has led us to learn about other rules that collide and have been applied accordingly. which we mention article 200 of the Constitution.

  We expose the historical background of the administration of justice and the formation of the figure of the Attorney General, in our country as well as a comparison of legislation such as that of Costa Rica and Colombia.