Panama July 1st, 2019
The Social democrat Laurentino Cortizo, who won last May the presidential election in a close race, was last July 1st duly inaugurated for a single five-year term as head of state of a nation famed for its canal but also for its largest Ship Registry.
He announced that one of the next months priorities would be the constitutional reforms proposals and the project of a new law to ensure clear rules and transparency around public contracts.
Cortizo has promised to improve the education system, reform the state to make institutions more transparent, develop the economy and fight poverty and inequality.
The inauguration was being attended by the managing director, Erik A. de Koning of Hubel Marine B.V.