31 August 2011

PANAMA: 01 Sept UPDATE: Cabinet Insurrection: FinMin Vallarino Quits After VP/ ForMin Varela Sacking.

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     President Ricardo Martinelli's (above) cabinet...is in an uproar.
     FinMin Alberto Vallarino (below) has quit...because Martinelli fired VP Juan Carlos Varela.
     Martinelli claims Varela spent too much time getting ready to run for president in 2014.
     "Once this situation has been defined and the dismissal happens, then all of the ministers and vice ministers of the Panamenista Party that have been working ... with the government of President Ricardo Martinelli will present him with our resignations," Vallarino said.