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Citizens’ Assembly: A Tool to Fight Corruption in Panama
Democratic systems tend to reflect that they are all about freedom and “letting the citizens choose”, but are they really? Many democracies hide behind fact that citizens are able to elect their own leaders, hence they are able to decide what happens with their country, but really their vote has little to do with the decision-making that goes down behind closed doors. In Panama, economic development has boomed during the last decades, making it the most modern country in Central America, but its government’s corruption and the lack of political involvement from civilians have created a never...