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Weekly Report - 24 October 2006
PANAMA: Torrijos wins backing to expand Canal
The statistics show that voters overwhelmingly backed the proposal to widen the Panama Canal: more than 78% of Panamanians who voted backed the proposal. The statistics also show a very high rate of abstention, which at 56% was far higher than opinion polls predicted. This suggests not only an indifference to the project which President Martín Torrijos billed as vital for Panama's development and the most important decision for a generation but also lends some credence to the opposition's claim that the referendum on 22 October was a vote on the popularity of his government.
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