Rally for democracy called for September 13

Citizens for a Democratic Panama, consisting of politicians, activists and members of civil society has put out a call for more people to jain and people to join and form a rainbow to defend democracy.

The  group has invited democratic political parties, civil society organizers, journalists, trade union organizations, churches and aware citizens concerned about the real problems of the country, to join the initiative. 

The front is asking president, Ricardo Martinelli and his government to  “focus on the urgent problems of the population," including the cost of food; water supplies; security; health; education and quality employment. 

"We believe that citizen action is necessary to achieve this purpose, so we support the call of the Citizens' Assembly and the Spadafora family to gather on Tuesday September 13 in front of the Iglesia del Carmen, at 5:00 pm, to raise the cry for justice, democracy, freedom and peace," said a prepared statement. 

The document is signed by: Ana Matilde Gomez, Ebrahim Asvat, Mercedes Arauz de Grimaldo, Milton Henriquez, Samuel Lewis, Giulia De Sanctis, Jose Blandon Figueroa, Paulette Thomas, Laurentino Cortizo, Mariano Mena, Jaime Abad and Aurelio Barria.