Comptroller to face tough questions from legislators

PANAMA COMPTROLLER Gioconda Torres de Bianchini could be in for a hard time when she faces the National Assembly on August 19, if independent legislator Ana Matilde Gomez, a former Attorney General has her way.

Gomez who was rail-roaded out of office by the previous government will be asking the Comptroller for specific details on the management of public funds during the administration of Ricardo Martinelli.
“She [the Comptroller] will have to answeri If she knew how to manage the country’s money, and the many millions that were pocketed. She will have to speak publicly, I think it is time to tell the truth,” she said. said.
Torres de Bianchini must appear before the full National Assembly, to answer a questionnaire with nine items.
Gomez explained that this questionnaire will be “a guide” and we can expect more questions on the fly. ” You cannot limit a deputy’s right to ask to ask,” she said on the Open Debate program.
She said the deputies who have received funding during the Martinelli administration have the duty to explain what they did with the money..
This week the director of Social Security, Guillermo Sáez-Llorens should also appear before the legislature.
Gomez asked the public to be present at these appearance, “filling the stands to their utmost”