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Caribbean & Central America - October 2014 (ISSN 1741-4458)
PANAMA: Varela moves on a pledge
President Juan Carlos Varela is keen to be seen to be moving on the now familiar pledge made by new presidents - to end institutional corruption. This problem appears to have worsened under his predecessor, former President Ricardo Martinelli (2009-2014). Since Varela’s Partido Panameñista (PPA)-led administration took office on 1 July, the 71-member unicameral legislature has approved a resolution calling for the supreme court of justice (CSJ) to remove Comptroller General Gioconda Torres de Bianchini, a close Martinelli ally. Meanwhile, an anti-corruption prosecutor, Lorena Coronel, has announced a probe into the Programa de Ayuda Nacional (PAN), a government fund, while a case has also been opened into a former Martinelli minister.
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