Chorillo movement backing Cinta Costera expansion dubbed government front

A noted  Panamanian historian  said on Thursday, June 16,  that the a movement in  Chorrillo supporting the third phase of the Cinta Costera is not genuine.

Ana Elena Porras suspects that it is a front created by the government  to counteract the growing movement opposing the extension, includes 10  citizen organizations and civil rights groups.

Porras noted that the group named the Committee for Dignity and Advancement of  Chorrillo all wore white sweaters with logos, giving  the impression that they were government officials.
Porras stressed he  opposition to the construction of a landfill and a highway around the Old City because she believes that Panama would lose its historical heritage designation humanity and  the project would affect tourism.
 She believed that the original proposal for  the construction of a tunnel under the heritage site was the way to go.