Corruption and scandalous poverty, Panamas twin diseases

CORRUPTION and “scandalous poverty” are the two diseases of a sick society in Panama which call for recognition and an urgent need to heal said the Panama’s Archbishop José Domingo Ulloa, on Monday, November 3 during the State Te Deum at the Metropolitan Cathedral.

“One of the most serious diseases that we suffer is so much corruption, like a cancer that has invaded the whole social body, which makes us see good as evil and evil as good. These are anti-values that we face.”
He added that another “disease” is “scandalous poverty” with the evil of social injustice, which leaves Panamanians excluded from the wealth “of our nation.”
He said the problems are addressed with “easy and superfluous” solutions instead of “working through more profound root processes to solve major social ills . “.
President Juan Carlos Varela, and first lady Lorena Castillo; Vice President Isabel de Saint Malo; Ministers of State and heads of institutions, participated in the Te Deum.
“Democracy requires participation and consensus and intense debate, to raise the political culture “This is the task not only of the leaders, but every one of us,” said Ulloa.
“To do today’s work for Panama’s homeland involves teamwork, to be able to respond and seek alliances not only political, but they are for the true progress for the common good.”