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Weekly Report - 04 September 2014 (WR-14-35)
PANAMA: And so it begins…
Panama’s 71-member unicameral legislature recently approved a resolution calling for the supreme court of justice (CSJ) to remove Comptroller General Gioconda Torres de Bianchini, a close ally of former President Ricardo Martinelli (2009-2014). The move against Torres, whose four-year term is due to end in December 2014, follows her recent appearance before the legislature where she was called to testify in relation to various corruption concerns surrounding the previous administration. As well as illustrating that the legislative arrangement between President Juan Carlos Varela’s Partido Panameñista (PPA) and the opposition Partido Revolucionario Democrático (PRD) [WR-14-26] appears to be working, the move against Torres shows that Varela is intent on making good the now familiar pledge upon taking office in Panama – to tackle official corruption.
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