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Británico Quesada Ábrego (britanico.quesada@epasa.com) | @britanicoq

Allegations of corruption, protests and road closures are evidence of a crisis of leadership and transparency of senior government officials, which worsened during the last week...

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Allegations of corruption, protests and road closures are evidence of a crisis of leadership and transparency of senior government officials, which worsened during the last week.

 

The latest corruption scandal was to link firm Mossack Fonseca, the acting president of the Panamanian Party, Ramon Fonseca Mora, who is also adviser to the president, with a case of money laundering in Brazil.

 
 

At the executive level, the magnifying glass fell on the complaint of influence peddling against the Minister of the Presidency, Alvaro Aleman, who defended a compromise between the state and the company Airco, whose general manager is his son, Ricardo Moynes.

 

 
German criticism was also given, after cataloging the publications as a campaign against the "henchmen" of former President Ricardo Martinelli.

 

But this is not the only case in which a member of the Cabinet questioned.

 
 

Public opinion attacked the head of the Ministry of Housing, Mario Etchelecu, after learning that had been granted 72 direct purchases, through the PAN, to build houses of popular interest in the ceilings of Hope program.

 

 
In addition to alleged corruption, they criticize government decisions.

 

Even in this case, the anti-corruption czar, Angelica Maytín, denounced the existence of fractionation accounts, in violation of the current legislation.

 

The case led to an official investigation by the Public Prosecutor's opening.

 

Against this background, the Solicitor General, Rigoberto Gonzalez, called for the closure of the PAN, now called Welfare Administration (DAS).

Health

Another high figure of the Government is also in the fray is the Health Minister Francisco Javier Terrientes , who has publicly denounced for having been six fractional purchases Pumper Company S.A. in the amount of $ 2.7 million , which were approved in a single day . Each contract was for $ 240 462 000 .

 

The acquisition was for the collection, transportation and final disposal of hazardous waste in public hospitals Nicolas Solano , La Chorrera ; National Cancer Institute ; San Miguel Archangel ; Dec. 24; St. Thomas and the Child.

Education

Rafael Stanziola acknowledged that there were direct purchases in 2015. / File

Meanwhile , a scandal shook the Ministry of Education ( Meduca ) , which led to dismissals .

 

Among those dismissed are Ivanessa Mojica Gonzalez , managing director ; Happy Carrion , head of Procurement ; members of the National Curriculum Directorate and another group of officials involved in procurement processes of the organization.

 

The head of the Legal Department Meduca , Luis Cedeno Merel , had to resign.

 

Controlled network bidding and direct purchases , and learned that the owner of the field , Marcela Paredes, could be sent to the foreign service in a diplomatic post after scandal.o.

Mario Etchelecu , Miviot holder in the center of the storm. / Archive

Agro

 

Meanwhile, upland farmers , as leverage to imports declared a boycott and did not send their crops to the Market of the capital.

 

After a two-day strike , the government and the farmers agreed to suspend imports for 60 days, however, there is to know what will happen when the deadline is met.

Ambient

Complaints from the Supreme Court put into question their decisions

In the case of drought and the arrival of Carnival , next week , the Government refuses to suspend those parties by the lack of water , a decision that has been criticized by various sectors.

 

Varela is a shareholder of the company Herrerano Seco SA , which also controls the famous Pub Herrerano , which receives substantial income for this period , which would be lost if the culecos or Carnival are suspended .

 

The Ministry of Environment , by Mirei Endara said that much water in Panama and authorized remove about 20 rivers for culecos .

 

Sectors of society within the government criticized that economic interests prevail .

Denuncias entre los magistrados de la Corte Suprema de Justicia ponen en tela de duda sus decisiones

Otro de los puntos criticados en este gobierno  es la crisis en el sistema judicial, las acusaciones de intervencionismo del Ejecutivo en decisiones de este órgano del Estado y la pelea que mantienen cuatro magistrados de la Corte Suprema de Justicia (CSJ): José Ayú 

Prado, Hernán De León, Luis Ramón Fábrega y Harry Díaz.

Tras la reelección de Ayú Prado como presidente de la CSJ, Díaz concedió una entrevista a Telemetro, en la cual denunció presuntos actos de corrupción.

Como respuesta, los tres magistrados denunciaron a Díaz ante la Comisión Legislativa de Credenciales, sin embargo, el presidente de esta instancia, Jorge Iván Arrocha, dijo que el documento no cumplía con los requisitos legales para ser tramitado.

Esta situación originó que se realizaran piquetes en las escalinatas del palacio Gil Ponce, por parte de sectores de la sociedad civil, para pedir la renuncia de los magistrados de la máxima corporación de justicia.

Mientras   ocurría esto, la defensa del exmandatario Ricardo Martinelli acusó al poder judicial de intentar levantar su deteriorada imagen con una audiencia contra el dirigente político, relacionada con la  compra de  comida deshidratada del PAN.

Rogelio Cruz, uno de los abogados, dijo que los magistrados intentan desviar la atención con su cliente ante los casos de corrupción internos.

Compras

3.7 millones de dólares en tres contrataciones beneficiaron a una sola empresa en el PAN.

4 magistrados de la Corte Suprema de Justicia se acusan de corrupción.

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