Varela Calls Torrijos PARLACEN Oath Taking an "Error"
(Panama-Guide) Panama America - Panama's Vice President, Juan Carlos Varela, criticized former President Martín Torrijos and former Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis Navarro for the "mistake" of having being sworn in as Members of the Central American Parliament (Parlacen), despite the decision of the new Panamanian government to get out of this forum. "I feel they have made a mistake (because) we are one country, and they should follow the mandate of the president, Ricardo Martinelli, and the will and the decision he has taken to withdrawal Panama from the Central American Parliament," said Varela, who is also Panama's Foreign Minister.
