OPINION: Panama a country stolen

The decomposition of the public service is regrettable. Before, it was the high command of the government of the day who became millionaires at the expense of the treasury, but corruption has permeated. Now not only they, but middle managers already do it, even in the lowest hierarchies. The conflict of interest that we have witnessed in the Ministry of Health, in which a couple of officials have profited from the pandemic, outlines everything that is wrong in the Government. Each investigation by the Minsa or the Public Ministry on irregular acts of public employees ends in limbo. The message leaves no doubt: corruption is the only requirement to occupy key positions or to obtain contracts. Everyone looks for their piece of the cake and the one who does not lend himself to the scam, ends up expelled. In summary, we have Minsa officials in health business; a Ministry of Public Works that hires companies confessed to acts of corruption and a president who allows these abuses, while he walks incognito in Tocumen to verify that the mosaics of the terminal are broken, while in front of his eyes the country is stolen- LA PRENSA. Aug 20