At least one person has been killed and about 30 injured due to a clash with police in banana productive provinces.
Panama has declared an emergency in the province of Western Bokos del Toro, where anti -protestors who oppose the pension reform law are alleged to have set the baseball stadium and robbed a business with a provincial airport.
Two months ago, the outbreak of an outbreak in the banana producing region of Bocus Dale Toro, intensified this week and faced a clash with the police, which one person killed and injured several officers including.
At a press conference on Friday, President of President Juan Carlos Orlak said that the decision to suspend some constitutional rights and ban public rallies could re -establish the order and the province will “rescue” from the “fanatical group” and did not represent the loss of public property. “
He said, “In the wake of the act of order and systematic violence, the state will implement its constitutional order to guarantee peace,” he said.
He said the solution would be in a five -day place, he said.
Disputes that support organizations and indigenous groups across the country have coasted with authorities about the pension reform law in March.
The conflict in the Bokus del Toro has been especially intensified, mainly under the leadership of the workers in the local chicky banana plantation. The multinational banana monster is called “leaving unjust of work.” Removed thousands of people Employees.
The workers eventually withdrew from the protest after being able to talk about the restoration of some of the benefits drawn under the March pension reform.
Nevertheless, the government has said that the roadblock in the Bockes del Toror has not yet been picked up, though they do not directly give the chickpeas to the workers.
On Thursday, Violence in the city of Bocus Dell Toro, the city of Changino, when the hood was robbed of business and partially set fire to the baseball stadium with police officers from inside, officials said.
Police said, “Vandal took possession of the local airport,” car renting companies stole vehicles and robbed the office and warehouse with sticks. The flights at the airport on Friday were still suspended.
Panama’s right -handed president Jose Raul Mullao has been facing protests on several fronts in recent months.
In addition to the pension reforms, the Panmanians had entered the street due to an agreement with US President Donald Trump in April. Panama Canal??
After the US leader threatened to take the American-made water path, Mulino conveyed Trump to Trump.
Mulino has made environmentalists angry by threatening to reopen Cobre Panama, one of the largest copper mines in Central America.
