if there was a real will to investigate the issue of measurement and land titling in Panama… we are going to fall for surprises and amazement when seeing the results. I have been denouncing the issue for months, but the institution asks for the names of those involved.
Here is an interesting phenomenon. Officials know they won’t report them and those who cry out for obtaining a deed keep quiet so as not to harm their dreams and aspirations. And according to what they inform me, it seems that the roots of those involved are very largeso much so that if they are cut, the institution could fall.
I talk daily with people whose files sleep eternally in the upper offices. What they tell me: “In order for them to move and obtain the signature, you have to get off the bus.” It seems, as in the case of CEMIS, that you have to give mameyes, (green tickets) otherwise you will die without having a property title in your hands.
All of us who have gone through these scenarios know that a right of possession is not a guarantee for a bank when approving a loan. That is the main reason for aspiring to the property title. You also make sure you don’t get kicked off your farm. I reiterate… the issue that exists now is just a hair of the cat
The National Cattlemen’s Association has already announced that this issue will be dealt with through a press conference. Which seems to be a network of corruption at ANATI… it’s not new.
That sentence of: “In my government there will be no untouchables” was a demagogic promise from a person who tried to arrive with his stool at the palace of Las Garzas. We are witnesses of how much villainy happens and we do not see a president act, denounce, remove and request jail for the corrupt.
Years ago I bought a lot in Volcán and suddenly other owners appeared. I was able to defend land tenure by having an updated writing. The others had it too, but mine had the oldest date.
For that reason I won the lawsuit. On that occasion, the corregimiento representative in association with the Cadastre address (ANATI did not exist) they entered collusion to sell the same farm several times.
What happens now? Let’s just look at the Gorgona case. A lady who is dedicated to taking care of houses, farms and on weekends he manages straw ranches that are near the sea appears involved in acts that conflict with the law. Last weekend I approached her. I was surprised that when faced with the statement that he was behind a journalistic investigation, he did not show greater astonishment. Or the lady is cold blooded Or he doesn’t give a damn about being investigated.
“Look sir, some time ago some people approached me who They promised me to legalize the possession of land facing the sea, there where I have my ranches”, he told me. She expressed that people they identified themselves as ANATI officials. Then they collected information about many dirty lots in the area. They asked the lady to get her possessory rights with the promise that for each one they would give him 500 balboas. So did he and the new owners of those possessory rights began to sell the lots that already had legitimate owners with deeds and everything. There are several scammed as well as criminal cases where responsibilities will be established.
I suppose that greed and greed caused him to fall into those unhealthy behaviors. But, who gives the recognition of possessory rights? According to lawyer Abel Comrie, it is a process that must leave from ANATI. The applicant can also request an inspection from the justice of the peace pfor me to check land tenure and occupation to then proceed to a trial of acquisitive prescription.
I must affirm, with pain and bitterness, that it is through these figures that many legitimate land owners realize that they are no longer so due to rigged prescriptions. There are several prescription processes only in the corregimiento of Nueva Gorgona. On this delicate issue I cannot exclude the local authorities.
I perceive that some lend themselves to these scams that stain the good process of these officials. Now, the anti-corruption prosecutor’s office carried out an inspection ocular to the main headquarters of the National Title Authority. There are already assumptions involved to those who applied precautionary measures to go to sign before the competent authority. For many and for me it is a very flexible measure… hard is the law, but it is the law and you have to submite.
If you know of cases such as those indicated, please report them. When I see these problems come to the fore, that promise of our President Laurentino Cortizo comes to mind… “In my government there will be no untouchables.” I don’t know if the president was referring to his government team or to that police series that gained a lot of fame. Still, on either issue it’s encouraging to attack the untouchables.
Let’s see the review of The Untouchables to encourage President Cortizo. “Chicago, the 1930s. The ‘Dry Law’ prevails, which prohibits the sale of alcohol. The idealistic federal agent Eliot Ness (Kevin Costner) relentlessly pursues the gangster Al Capone (Robert De Niro), absolute master of organized crime in the city. Lack of evidence prevents her from charging him with murder, extortion and illegal alcohol trade, but Ness, With the help of a pair of impeccable cops (Andy Garcia and Charles Martin Smith) recruited with the help of a cunning agent (Sean Connery), she will try to find a way to frame him for other kinds of crimes.” Greetings and do not miss today the delicious stewed chicken in Cafetear.
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