particularly regarding tax matters (impuesto). But thanks to attorney Rita, who is part of the team, they were able to understand and learn a great deal about taxes. Law is a very broad field that her firm deals with very little because they focus more on criminal law (strafrecht), but at the same time, it is extremely interesting to be able to look at the case more closely; it is a lesson that stays at the office.
However, time and again, what comes to the forefront is that “being right” does not mean “being proven right”; this is also a lesson to carry forward, but one must also have a lot of patience. In Mike de Meza’s case, there was a lot of patience for a year and a half during which 20 letters were sent, but unfortunately 50 to 60 percent of the letters went unanswered. Nevertheless, it was very frustrating not being able to get a response to move things along more quickly.
What also stood out was that the Public Prosecutor’s Office present initially in June and the Public Prosecutor’s Office encountered on Friday of last week were completely different. A Public Prosecutor’s Office much more open to listening and that allowed Mike de Meza’s side to speak more, compared to the first time when they were not allowed to speak.
However, the impression she has as an attorney is that they themselves, as the Public Prosecutor’s Office, also wanted a way out and at the same time to save face a little bit, but what is important in this entire process is that Mike de Meza did not have to admit any kind of guilt.