The Supreme Court of Justice did not admit the protection of constitutional guarantees presented by Nadia Yannick Del Río Fernández against a verbal order from the general director of the Public Registry of Panama, in the midst of an investigation by the Comptroller General of the Republic for alleged financial inconsistencies of the former institutional executive director of the Ministry of the Presidency.
The decision was adopted by the Plenary Session of the Supreme Court on August 17, 2026 and disclosed through an edict of the General Secretariat on September 18. The amparo was presented by lawyer Ángel Luis Álvarez Torres on behalf of Del Río.
In its resolution, the Plenary decided not to admit the action against the verbal order issued on May 26, 2026 by the general director of the Public Registry. The resolution does not establish, in the disclosed text, a statement on the merits of the alleged financial inconsistencies investigated by the Comptroller’s Office.
The case originates in a forensic audit by the National Directorate of Investigations and Forensic Audit of the Comptroller General of the Republic.
According to the results cited in the case documentation, the audit identified a difference between the resources coming from known sources and the monetary movements used by Del Río.
The report indicates resources from known sources amounting to $986,583.77, while the monetary resources used amounted to $1,563,352.66.
The calculated difference was $576,768.86.
Del Río questions the results of the audit and maintains that the figures used by the Comptroller’s Office do not correctly reflect its financial situation.
“I sat down to do several scenarios with my accountants and the only way for them to reach those figures is if they quadruple (the numbers),” said the former official when referring to the findings of the forensic audit.
Del Río reported that he is currently preparing his defenses and collecting documentation to respond to the authorities.
Based on the findings of the audit, the Comptroller’s Office issued Resolution No. 1237-2026-LEG/UA, dated May 14, 2026.
The document ordered precautionary measures on real estate, bank accounts, vehicles and possible credits against the State, according to the documentation related to the case.
The objective of these measures, according to the aforementioned resolution, is to safeguard possible property claims while the administrative process progresses.
The existence of these measures is not equivalent in itself to a definitive determination of financial responsibility. This difference is relevant in the coverage of the case, since the investigation and the defenses are part of a procedure that has yet to take its course.
Among the assets reached by the actions of the Public Registry is, according to Del Río’s version, an apartment he owns acquired in 2005 and which maintains a current mortgage with a local banking entity.
The former official indicated that she was aware of a precautionary measure sent to the Public Registry regarding that property.
According to their version, the registration of the measure was suspended “by default”, based on article 1795 of the Civil Code.
This action of the Public Registry is what subsequently led Del Río to present the protection of constitutional guarantees whose admission was now denied by the Plenary of the Supreme Court.
