CRISIS: All parties to dialogue must make sacrifices

The dialogue that is taking place with the Government should include other sectors that demand – quite rightly – to be part of these conversations. As much as those who are there are opposed, they cannot deny that these excluded are also Panamanians and have the same right as them to give their opinions, suggest solutions, and even oppose, something that the government team seems not to be doing since what we see so far is a genuflect posture, in which it seems that there is no more room than to give in when this is a negotiation in which all parties must make sacrifices to achieve compromises. Until now, what has been discussed has led to “sacrifices” that we will all end up paying, perhaps not now, but we will. In this sense, educators must understand that they cannot go to the table with an “all or nothing” position, because it is a negotiation, not imposition. In addition, they must consider returning to classes immediately, since they are receiving their full salaries, and waiting until the agreements are signed harms their students. It is time that, for the good of the country, the negotiators act sensibly, facilitating a solution for the benefit of all. – LA PRENSA, Jul. 25.