OPINION: Facts not empty speeches in corruption fight

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

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

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 the of decisions, the highest moral probity 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 it deserves citizen support. It is now up to the National Assembly to demonstrate with

facts and not with empty speeches its position in the fight against corruption and in favor of transparency … LA PRENSA, April 5