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Alvarado accused Varela of persecuting journalists

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The journalist Alvaro Alvarado reported yesterday that the government of President Juan Carlos Varela and the National Security Council forward a plan of intimidation...

President Varela has constant friction with journalists and citizens . / Archive
President Varela has constant friction with journalists and citizens . / Archive

The journalist Alvaro Alvarado reported yesterday that the government of President Juan Carlos Varela and the National Security Council forward a plan of intimidation to silence his critical voice.

Alvarado issued a statement in their social networks ensuring that the plan is also directed against the political analyst Jose Blandon.

He maintains that he has received information from various official sources in which he was warned about that the Security Council is investigating their bank accounts to ride him "a horror movie".

 

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He says he has received threats if he doesn't turn down the tone of him criticisms, he would be send to the Financial Analysis Unit (UAF) and the Directorate General of Revenue (DGI) so they could make an investigation into his finances to see if he can justify them.

 
Alvarado made aware of this situation to Varela and the head of the Security Council, who denied the investigation and promised to investigate, but after five months he has not received answers.

On the contrary, in recent weeks he has been accused in social networks trying to discredit the career he has advanced for 26 years, he said.

"Publicly denounce this plan prepared by the National Government, led by the Security Council, whose sole purpose is to silence my critical voice ..." he says.

 
Medcom journalist ask the president Varela to "put a stop to this strategy, since you campaign promised respect for journalists, media and freedom of expression."

"I can say publicly today that promise has not been fulfilled, since I have been the victim of several attacks that try to disqualify me as a professional journalist," he adds.

He asked Varela to accept the criticism against him, that all they want is that the country's direction is corrected.

 

The communicator indicated in it's public notice that the people feel a deep disappointment about voted for a president who promised to solve the serious problems of the country and an end to corruption, cost overruns and shocks.

 

"Mr. President, instead of persecuting journalists, supervise administration officials who are not doing their job, and its only been 18 months and there are outbreaks of corruption by various institutions", he says.


It reminds to presidente Varela that he's not in opposition to the government, but warns that he will continue to fight for the causes of the needy Panamanians.

According to Alvarado, people within the government of Juan Carlos Varela would have warned that the investigation against him and engineer Blandon not cease until both down  the tone of their criticism. .

Varios roces

  • Varela ha tenido roces con periodistas y ciudadanos que lo han cuestionado públicamente por sus actuaciones.
  • Recientemente se denunció que Varela y su gobierno mantienen un plan para cerrar medios de comunicación que no son aliados a su gestión.
  • Según Álvaro Alvarado, en medios adeptos a Varela han sido publicadas glosas e información que buscan desacreditar su trabajo como comunicador social.
  • Manifiesta que lejos de bajar los ataques en su contra, los mismos han arreciado en las últimas semanas. Alvarado comunicó a sus superiores sobre los ataques de parte del Consejo de Seguridad.

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