{"id":26418,"date":"2019-07-02T14:57:29","date_gmt":"2019-07-02T19:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/?p=26418"},"modified":"2019-07-02T14:57:29","modified_gmt":"2019-07-02T19:57:29","slug":"journalist-helped-spark-anti-corruption-wave-panama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/journalist-helped-spark-anti-corruption-wave-panama\/","title":{"rendered":"How a Journalist Helped Spark an Anti-Corruption Wave in Panama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Mary-Triny-Zea.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26419\" src=\"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Mary-Triny-Zea.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Mary-Triny-Zea.jpg 700w, https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Mary-Triny-Zea-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Panama\u2019s next Congress took office on July 1 with more independent members than ever before. Mary Triny Zea is part of the reason why.<\/p>\n<p>Running for office was never in Gabriel Silva\u2019s plans. The 30-year-old lawyer, who on July 1 will begin his first term as a member of Panama\u2019s Congress, was moved to enter politics out of desperation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeeing the same corrupt politicians who have been there since I was born seeking re-election made me feel like I had to do something, and I had to do it now,\u201d Silva told\u00a0<em>AQ.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Silva, who previously specialized in anti-corruption efforts, promised voters in May\u2019s national elections that he would use that experience to try to clean up politics. The pitch worked: He was elected to Congress and joined the first independent caucus in the body\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolitical parties are highly distrusted because of corruption scandals and a lack of transparency,\u201d Silva said. \u201cIt is always the same people making the decisions, or members of their family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The five-member independent caucus also includes Juan Diego V\u00e1squez, a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.midiario.com\/nacionales\/miren-quien-es-el-nuevo-diputado-mas-joven-y-mas-votado-del-paissupero-en-votos-a-zulay\/\">22-year-old<\/a>\u00a0criminology student who received more votes than any other congressional candidate in this summer\u2019s election. Silva hopes that the influx of independent members will jar loose entrenched interests that have run Panamanian politics for decades. Voters seem to agree: Only\u00a0<a class=\"externalLink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.telemetro.com\/politica\/elecciones-Panama\/voto19\/diputados-buscaban-reeleccion-lograron-retener_0_1243675972.html\">15 out of the 51<\/a>\u00a0incumbent members who sought re-election in May managed to retain their seats. It\u2019s a striking difference from the last election in 2014, when almost\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/impresa.prensa.com\/panorama\/Diputados-campeones-reeleccion-Panama_0_5123487681.html\">55%<\/a>\u00a0of the 71-member body was re-elected.<\/p>\n<p>That shift has been helped along by recent civil society and media efforts to publicize corruption within the legislature. <em>#NoALaReelecci\u00f3n<\/em> (No to re-election), a grassroots movement that emerged following revelations of widespread corruption in Congress, is credited with helping shift public opinion ahead of the elections. But before that, it was Mary Triny Zea, a reporter from newspaper\u00a0<em>La Prensa<\/em>, who spearheaded the investigations that brought that corruption to light.<\/p>\n<p>In 2016,\u00a0<em>La Prensa\u00a0<\/em>received an anonymous tip that led Zea to uncover a scheme that involved every major political party. Her initial reporting brought into question\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/impresa.prensa.com\/panorama\/Dudosas-donaciones-Asamblea_0_4704279622.html\">$14 million<\/a>\u00a0in donations and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/impresa.prensa.com\/panorama\/Contratos-caja-Pandora-Asamblea_0_4952504825.html\">$68 million<\/a>\u00a0in temporary employment contracts that congress members seemingly used to funnel money into their \u2013 and often their family members\u2019 \u2013 pockets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeeing how politicians had mocked the country (through this corruption scheme) led to the campaign against re-election,\u201d Zea said.<\/p>\n<p>Zea\u2019s six-month\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/impresa.prensa.com\/panorama\/Dudosa-filantropia-Asamblea_0_4704279608.html\">investigation<\/a>, released in\u00a0<em>La Prensa\u00a0<\/em>in 2017, earned prizes and international recognition \u2013 and opened a Pandora\u2019s box of corruption in other parts of the government. Zea turned her attention to the budget for sports subsidies, for example, which had\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/impresa.prensa.com\/panorama\/MP-prepara-inspeccion-sede-Pandeportes_0_5262223825.html\">increased<\/a>\u00a0from $500,000 in 2013 to $14 million in 2015. Her investigation showed that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/impresa.prensa.com\/panorama\/Pandeportes-entrego-fondos-partidas-circuitales_0_5155734489.html\">90%<\/a>\u00a0of the payments in question had gone to sports federations linked to politicians. The case, which came to be known as\u00a0<em>Caso Pandeportes,\u00a0<\/em>added fuel to the fire of the <em>#NoALaReelecci\u00f3n<\/em> campaign.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c(Zea\u2019s) work was what articulated our indignation, she put the pieces together of a puzzle no one was clear about,\u201d Ivan Chanis, Silva\u2019s campaign manager and one of the founders of <em>#NoALaReelecci\u00f3n<\/em>, told\u00a0<em>AQ.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>While Zea\u2019s investigations have not yet led to the prosecution of any elected officials, the results of her reporting and the subsequent <em>#NoALaReelecci\u00f3n<\/em> campaign have had an effect. Not only did most of those involved in the scandals seeking re-election lose their seats, but independent candidates like Silva were also able to take advantage, said Chanis.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the five independent candidates who made it to Congress, for the first time three independent candidates also received enough public support to run in the presidential election. One of them, Ricardo Lombana, came in third with almost\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/elpais.com\/internacional\/2019\/05\/06\/america\/1557094005_115361.html\">20%<\/a>\u00a0of the vote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven if there wasn\u2019t a judicial punishment we achieved an electoral punishment,\u201d said Annette Planells, head of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.movinpanama.org\/\">Movin<\/a>, a nonprofit that promotes anti-corruption legislation and supported the movement. \u201cThe <em>#NoALaReelecci\u00f3n<\/em> campaign sends a message to congress members that if they don\u2019t stand by their word we are going to retaliate in the next elections.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Silva and his independent colleagues are all working on their own legislation, but he said their first joint legislative proposal would be to reform internal rules of Congress to\u00a0solve issues like the lack of transparency in employment contracts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur stand is to start by cleaning house &#8230; We have to fix Congress from the inside,\u201d Silva said.<\/p>\n<p>For Zea, the most important success of the <em>#NoALaReelecci\u00f3n <\/em>was to help Panamanian voters make informed decisions about their democracy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy job as a journalist is not to judge. My job is to uncover corruption to give the people tools to hold the authorities accountable,\u201d Zea said.<\/p>\n<p>PUBLISHED BY<br \/>\nAMERICAS SOCIETY\/<br \/>\nCOUNCIL OF THE AMERICAS<\/p>\n<p><em>Uriegas is an editorial intern for AQ<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wpcf7 no-js\" id=\"wpcf7-f16536-o1\" lang=\"\" dir=\"ltr\" data-wpcf7-id=\"16536\">\n<div class=\"screen-reader-response\"><p role=\"status\" aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\"><\/p> <ul><\/ul><\/div>\n<form action=\"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26418#wpcf7-f16536-o1\" method=\"post\" class=\"wpcf7-form init\" aria-label=\"Contact form\" novalidate=\"novalidate\" data-status=\"init\">\n<fieldset class=\"hidden-fields-container\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7\" value=\"16536\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_version\" value=\"6.1.6\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_locale\" value=\"\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_unit_tag\" value=\"wpcf7-f16536-o1\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_container_post\" value=\"0\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_posted_data_hash\" value=\"\" \/>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p><B><I>Sign Up for our Newsletter:<\/i><\/b>\n<\/p>\n<p>Your Name (required)\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"wpcf7-form-control-wrap\" data-name=\"your-name\"><input size=\"40\" maxlength=\"400\" class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-text wpcf7-validates-as-required\" aria-required=\"true\" aria-invalid=\"false\" value=\"\" type=\"text\" name=\"your-name\" \/><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>Your Email (required)\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"wpcf7-form-control-wrap\" data-name=\"your-email\"><input size=\"40\" maxlength=\"400\" class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-email wpcf7-validates-as-required wpcf7-text wpcf7-validates-as-email\" aria-required=\"true\" aria-invalid=\"false\" value=\"\" type=\"email\" name=\"your-email\" \/><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p><input class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-submit has-spinner\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Send\" \/>\n<\/p><div class=\"wpcf7-response-output\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<\/form>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Panama\u2019s next Congress took office on July 1 with more independent members than ever before. 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