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Weekly Report - 29 January 2015 (WR-15-04)
PANAMA: Swings and roundabouts for Martinelli
One of the biggest investigations into past government corruption in recent years is threatening a major headache for former president Ricardo Martinelli (2009-2014). This, together with a new wiretapping scandal, is having an impact on his (now opposition) Cambio Democrático (CD) party, which has already seen its presence in the 71-member unicameral congress dwindle following the restaging of various legislative contests at the tail-end of last year. All of this is likely to strengthen the position of President Juan Carlos Varela and the El Pueblo Primero (EPP) coalition government (led by Varela’s Partido Panameñista [PPA]).
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