Sunday protests on the Cinta Costera

Hundreds of protesters gathered on the  Cinta Costera on Sunday adding to the massive actions carried out in recent weeks on the streets of the country, to protest the high cost of the basic food basket, along with corruption and the handling of State resources.

‘We are patriots, do not sell the homeland’, many citizens shouted in the coastal strip

The protesters, dressed in black, clamored for concrete answers from government authorities. The popular song Patria, by Rubén Blades, was heard.

“I love my country but the government embarrasses me”, “If they stop stealing, money is enough for everyone”, “With corruption there is no social peace”, were some of the messages on the banners of those attending this protest. “Neither roses nor bamboo, we want health, medicine, education, transparency, security, and justice,” said another poster.

$340-a bottle toast
 The demonstrators also questioned the celebration that the deputies had, after the fourth period of the ordinary session of the National Assembly was inaugurated, on July 1.

In the “coexistence” – as the  Assembly president Crispiano Adames described the open bar event- they toasted with bottles of Macallan whisky 18 years. Each bottle cost $340.

Last Friday, in several townships in the district of Panama, citizens blew kettles and horns against corruption and the high price of fuel and food.