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At Least They Know They're Slow
By The Boss on Mar 15, 2008 | In Politics | Send feedback »
The Judiciary made an astounding discovery yesterday: They are slow! Of course that's what everybody has been saying for over a decade. Panama's court system; life in the slow lane. So now they prove their criticizers right being slow in recognizing they're slow. What else is new. But they're not just plain and simple slow. They are selectively slow, and that's what nobody is talking about.
They can be really fast: Figali needs a decision to continue with his marina? Drop by later this afternoon! The University rector needs to be reelected? We'll bend and twist late Saturday night! And then it's back into slow-mode when bribes and political pressure circumstances require: Some mismanagers need to be protected from the law? We'll endlessly delay bankruptcy proceedings! The HSBC robber baron wants to steal $5 million? We'll never rule on it!
The Supreme Court, at your service. No wonder the Colegio de Abogados once described it as a "judicial madhouse". Will they clean up the mess in the judiciary? Are bananas red?
