President Twitters response to growing scandals
Five days after the publication of scandals involving senior figures in his government President Ricardo Martinelli, has finally broken his silence … on Twitter.
He wrote "There is an orchestrated campaign to destroy the credibility of the government."
In another tweet, he called it a "systematic campaign to discredit the ruling Democratic Change party and people close to the President. “They want to accuse them of all the evil in the universe."
He did not say who “They” referred to.
Martinelli's statements follow accusations against the administrator of the Panama Tourism Authority (PTA), Solomon Shamah, who has been linked to drug traffickers, according to confidential diplomatic cables from the United States.Emabassy and there were also challenges the Director of the National Immigration Service, María Cristina González,allegedly involved in the smuggling of Chinesepeople.
Henry Ho who heads urban and householdsanitation authority he saidbecause has reportedly been involved in a scandal for having received money from Ernesto Chong, a financial consultant to convicted criminal David Murcia Guzmán, during the presidential election campaign.