Anti-corruption boss to face Assembly

Panama’s embattled lawmakers facing a growing no  to re-election call by civil groups, demands from the nation’s comptroller to deliver their  multi-million dollar staffing reports [form 080] and Supreme Court cases, have decided to strike back at   The director of the National  Transparency (Antai) Angélica Maytin  who has been pressuring them to reveal details of  their expense sheets, some of which have already led to the opening  of investigations.

She has been summoned to appear at the plenary session of the Assembly to answer a questionnaire related to the travel expenses that she has received in addition to her management of the Antai.

Some questions that the anti-corruption tsar must answer are:

– Indicate the budget for travel expenses outside the country of the Antai ?.

– How many trips have you made outside of the country, detail what is charged in travel expenses and how much of the tickets to date? What is the benefit of these trips?

– How many investigations has the Antai made to ministerial forms?

– If Law 33 of 2013 and Law 6 of 2002 on transparency require the publication of payrolls in the same condition to all the institutions, why is a requirement different from the National Assembly?

– Are you aware that the National Assembly has published the 080 form on the website of the institution?