OPINION:Time to throw the bums out

For at least, two years we have been waiting for a strong pronouncement from the President of the Republic on the permanence in the board of directors of the Canal Authority of Panama by Nicolás Corcione and Henri Mizrachi, appointed by the former president Ricardo Martinelli.

Both managers not only face criminal cases for the alleged commission of such serious crimes, as money laundering but have also not fulfilled their functions when absent from the meetings of the board of directors and its decisions multiple times.

The Canal is the most important state-owned company in our economy and, therefore its directors have the obligation to guarantee, in addition to their participation in its decisions, the highest moral solvency in their actions. The decision of the Council of Cabinet to endorse the recommendation of the National Authority of Transparency and Access to Information (Antai) for Corcione and Mizrachi to be removed from the Canal directive is correct and deserves citizen support. It is now the responsibility of the National  Assembly to demonstrate with deeds and not with empty speeches its position in the fight against corruption and in favor of transparency… LA PRENSA, Mar 4