Cortizo promises firing and jail for kickbacks

In an impassioned speech at the close of the Agricultural Cabinet Council, held in Chiriquí on Thursday, January “16 President  Laurentino Cortizo, on Thursday,  January 16 made a call to magistrates, judges and the comptroller to “pull up their socks and prosecute any official who asks for kickbacks in exchange for a contract.

“In this government, it is not necessary to pay bribes to obtain a contract or expedite a process,” said Cortizo

“You are warned … don’t use my name, you know me, don’t provoke me. No PRD member, no vice-minister … Don’t test me,” Cortizo added.

The President specifically mentioned two entities Idaan and the Sanitation Authority. “I have an eye on them.”

“The one who dares, I will feel it and I will get him to sing. After I throw him away and  take him to the Public Ministry to put him in prison.”

“Put me to the test they didn’t make me with condensed milk, I’m not here to play the little games,” Cortizo said. “They must understand that we are here to work and serve the people, that is why

we are here, not to rob,” said Cortizo