Ricardo Martinelli escaped from the asylum the other day, and made an appearance at the National Assembly for the festive opening of the new season; another year of sausage law producing get-in-on-the-deal and grab-em-while-you-can dealing and stealing bonanza also known as the Legislative Year. Not that Martinelli really cared about that; he went to finally vent his frustrations with people and things he doesn't like. Waving a copy of newspaper La Prensa, all the drunken anger that he had been piling up during decadent Christmas dinners and parties came out in what must be a new world record for in-mouth vomiting. Look! Here! (Videos at end of page).
ALL Panama's entrepreneurs are empresaurios, the president declared, and they criticize his government because then they don't have to pay taxes, he explained. And the media, especially La Prensa, really suck, we learned (Martinelli himself owns EPASA, part of TVN, RCM and several other media outlets). He is being treated unfairly, dear readers, while he does such great works stealing all the money from for our country - when he's not being abducted by space aliens of course. "There is no way back!", the president said, before officially declaring war on everybody who'd dare question his activities or, imagine, criticize him.
The best part was towards the end when he directly addressed his ministers, explaining to each one of them how the evil opposition in cahoots with the media would capture them, torture them and rape them in front of their families, just because they can, and how he would do nothing to help them. Then the guards took him away.
Understandably, this performance then caused considerable unrest. The empresaurios of the Chamber of Commerce - for years the staunchest supporters of Martinelli's shenanigans but now seeing their interests threatened - dropped their support for the deranged mafia boss. The PRD came out in full force to make political hay of the disaster, hoping they will one day be able to return to power and implement their own particular brand of mobster rule again. Vice-President Varela - now member of the opposition - mumbled some lame stuff about unity, working together and ending divisiveness. La Prensa opened with war-type headlines next morning, but that whole spectacle is mostly show: There are all kind of business ties and overlaps between the shareholders of that corrupt newspaper and Martinelli's empire, and newspaper La Estrella has been MUCH more vocal against Martinelli's rule but was not even mentioned in his cocaine-driven rant.
Meanwhile, back in isolation and on suicide watch, Martinelli started playing with his Twitter Bots. For some mysterious reason Panamanians call this the "callcenters", but what it amounts to is that Martinelli has some sort of cyber dignity battalions at his disposal which consist of neanderthals who will make phantom Twitter and Facebook accounts to anonymously attack people by calling them "gay" and talk about penises a lot, to thus explain Martinelli's vision and policies better to the rapidly growing group of people who want him out.
So, now what will happen? What will happen is what we've said before: Martinelli will not finish his term. No way you can be some dumbshit pro-business mafia president and make enemies of the oligarchy and the entrepreneurial class; not in Panama you can't. He won't make it till the end of this year, we say. Next!
Maybe Ron Paul can get Panamanian citizenship… probably well qualified for the presidency. Racist AND insane, what more could you ask for?
Definitely the most unprofessional political state of the nation address I have seen since Chavez putting on a sombrero and teasing Vincente Fox.
The only profession we have here are the collecting &paying bribes at all levels and occupations.
There is nothing Professional about this Bumbling Criminal Martinelli Government!
The complete and udder insanity of this criminal Government is far beyond any acceptable creditable Governing body!
This Megalomaniac wants to be the first Billionaire in Panama!
He has engulfed Panama into a Financial death spiral to which Panama can not recover!
His order of business was to line the pockets of himself, his close criminal Ministers, and their associates(Colombian, Italian, Spanish, Mexican, and Brazilian).
Panama has now borrowed over $60 Billion just in the last two years in fixed, Mega projects (contracts & Loans) and no bid non competitive contracts most we have no idea the true amounts or the terms!
Panama has become this Bumbling Criminal Martinelli’s personal revolving credit account!
He has bought off or is paying tribute to these members of the Panamanian Legal and Court system, the Corrupted National Police and Security Forces to protect his Cohorts from any form of actual Legal Prosecution!
This right wing Hugo wannabe has now shown that is unfit to govern, but just like other CIA control Political riffraff, he will not be challenged out of fear and loathing!
Pure Insanity has reared it face, no one here, will stand up to this Madman’s suicidal plunge into complete gloom and unfathomable blackness while bringing Panama into complete abysmal incomprehensible deprivation!
“Panama where the numbers never add up”