The President of the Republic, Laurentino Cortizo Cohen, affirmed this Friday that General Omar Torrijos fulfilled his vision of demolishing the fifth border with the reversal of the Canal, and was a leader who kept his word and worked in favor of those most in need, the peasants, the middle class, to whom "I listen to them, he extended his hand, and was the bridge of opportunities for thousands of Panamanians."
During a tour of Coclesito, San José del General, to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the death of General Torrijos, President Cortizo Cohen, in the company of the Vice President and Minister of the Presidency, José Gabriel Carrizo; He participated in the reopening of the House Museum, a country residence where the military leader rested and prepared to face the great decisions that were made in the 70s.
“40 years ago, that July 31, 1981, Omar came to Coclesito, but he could not arrive, in Cerro Marta he left his life and his heart, but he left many other things, he left an ideology and a legacy. There Panama lost the greatest of the patriots. Omar truly loved his homeland and loved people in need, and he loved them with deeds. not with words, "said the president.
Cortizo Cohen, stressed that at age 52 Omar Torrijos fulfilled his vision of demolishing the fifth border, but there are still pending pages on that path, the sixth border, which is the fight against poverty and inequality.
"Our administration will lay the foundations and the route to those conquests, we will leave a Colmena Plan, the Bicentennial Pact Closing Gaps, and a style of government, the true torrijismo," said the president.
Cortizo Cohen remembered Omar Torrijos as a simple person, no frills, a brave and consistent man, with purpose and who gave meaning to his life and “who was not diverted from his mission to unite the country under a single flag, and he he fulfilled ”.
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