“Promote national unity around a government with the most talented,” recommended political scientist Carlos Guevara Mann, specialist in International Relations, as a measure to reactivate the economy and produce quality jobs. “The perception of lack of seriousness and distrust are not incentives for investment,” commented Guevara Mann, based on his training as a financier.
The former banker, who was a credit manager at an international bank, emphasized that “trust is the fundamental element behind private investment, and private investment is the main component behind job creation.” “The stability that can be generated from unity among all sectors of good will, as well as the recruitment of the best elements to move the country forward, contributes very importantly to building trust.”
Governing with the best and most correct “raises the prestige of the country in the international arena, transmitting an image of seriousness to international markets,” said the internationalist and financier, forcefully. For many years, he explained, “public offices have been assigned based on political commitments and private considerations; “The message that these criteria convey is one of underdevelopment, backwardness and sectarianism.”
Guevara Mann, who was also general director of Foreign Policy, added that “in times of national crisis, it is essential to seek understandings between all sectors so that we can revive the country’s economy. Now everyone’s brand must be one and only one, and that brand is Panama.”
