The president of the Panameñista party, José Isabel Blandón and the former deputy, Katleen Levy, maintain an internal dispute over the leadership of the group, accusing divisions and exclusion of the members who seek to aspire to reach the board of directors on January 23, 2022.
Blandón mentioned that the right to participate can be had by anyone who is registered in the group, however the applications have not yet started. “They start from December 15 to 18, the truth is that everyone has the right to support whoever wants to support, and that includes me,” he said.
In this sense, he admitted: “What I do make clear is that in my opinion, a figure that is being supported by Beby Valderrama is a figure that I will not even support, as simple as that, and that is my right and it is my vote. Anyone can run. “
Regarding the procedure, he clarified that on November 21, the party held the elections of the conventional ones, where everyone who wanted to run ran. About 90 thousand adherents voted.
He explained that in the Panamanian party the national director is elected position by position, “it is not a plate that you vote and you automatically voted for all, you hook whoever you want to occupy the board of directors one by one.”
“It is absolutely false that the party president prohibits someone from running, or who can force the conventional to vote in one way or another,” Blandón remarked.
He pointed out that there are no sides as mentioned (Blandoncistas and Varelistas). “I have never been of personalist politics, I have always said that I am a Panamanian. Varela labeled me a Mireyista, I am a Panamanian from the day I entered the party and I will continue to be until the last day I die,” he said.
According to the political activist, those who began to talk about groups were themselves (Levy-Valderrama-Varela), revealing that “there is a publication in Mi Diario based on tweets from the former deputy (Katleen Levy), endorsed by Juan Carlos Varela and Beby Valderrama where she says that she represents the side of Varela and Beby Valderrama, and I do not know why she denies it now, I am simply collecting what My Diary already says “.
He reiterated that on January 23, 2022, the conventional ones will freely decide who they will vote for and the votes will speak loud and clear, meanwhile, he (Blandón) will continue to tour the country, motivating more young people to join the ranks of the party. and summoning more women.
Narcopolitics
The president of the group also stated that in recent weeks there has been a constant campaign of direct and indirect attacks, after some photos with a person, allegedly linked to the criminal network of Operation Fisher, circulated on social networks. linked to the Gulf Clan.
“The photo with the person who was arrested is a photo from approximately two years ago. One as a politician takes, I don’t know how many photos a day, even with people one does not know. I do not ask the police for the police record. I don’t even ask people if they are going to commit a crime or not, here wanting to label people with whom you took the photo does not make any sense, so this indicates that they are attacks that have malicious intent and are a dirty campaign, “he argued .
He emphasized that the Panamanian party reformed its statutes in March of this year, and precisely one of the amended articles was to make it clear that every Panamanian who is responsible for committing crimes such as corruption, drug trafficking, sexual abuse, among others, will be expelled. expeditiously from the group, and in a case like this, it is up to the district attorney to open a file on the person who was arrested and are registered so that it can be evaluated if they are responsible in the judicial process, and then proceed with their expulsion.
It should be noted that former deputy Katleen Levy, expressed this week that she has nothing against Blandón, however, she acknowledged that her party is losing adherents daily because there is no internal unity, and they are not being listened to.
According to Levy, he aspires to be on his party’s board of directors. “I want to be part of those rebels who still believe in the Panamanian party, who see a possibility of being able to govern, I want to see people smile again. What I have seen in my travels are sadness, depression, we are not going anywhere, “he said.
Much has been rumored that Katleen Levy aspires to be mayor, but she emphasized: “Well, says a former president who is not from our line that the one who does not aspire expires. My circuit is one of the largest in the capital and it may be, but right now I am focused 100% within my party, I am not running either as a representative, or as mayor or as a deputy, I want to be on the board of directors that Finds the true unity of all groups. Here all united we have to form a true coalition and that we do not repeat the time of punctures, of bribes, we have to govern for our children, “he said.
