Panamanian president condemned the demolition of the Chinese monument

Panamanian president, José Raúl Mulino and other politicians condemned the demolition of the Chinese monument in the municipality of Arraiján.

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00:00Panamanian President José Raúl Molino and other politicians condemned the demolition

00:05of the Chinese monument in the municipality of Azrayán.

00:08The president stated, there is absolutely no justification for the barbarity committed

00:12by the mayor of Azrayán in demolishing the monument to the Chinese community built on

00:17the Bridge of the Americas.

00:19This community is a long-standing presence in our country with generations established

00:24here and deserves our utmost respect.

00:27An investigation should be launched immediately so that an irrational act is unforgivable.

00:32Human rights defender and former presidential candidate Ana Matilde Gómez denounced,

00:38Jorge Ritter, where does our identity stand if we act out of submission to anyone, at least

00:44to deny our shared past, the one we have with both powers in conflict, are we not a sovereign

00:50nation that should remain neutral in the conflict between two other friendly nations?

00:55Furthermore, Panama's former foreign minister, Jorge Eduardo Ritter, emphasized the demolition

01:00of the monument to Chinese culture on the Bridge of the Americas is a shameful and abject act

01:06that should fill with shame those who order it.

01:09And to add insult to injury, the cowards did it on a Saturday night.

01:13How orderly it is grateful.

01:14How orderly it is grateful.