Panama Executive and Retirees at Table
Panama 's government and retirees will continue discussing the pension increase requested by the elderly, who are threatening to go back to the streets if their demands are not met.

Second Vice President Ruben Arosemena assured them that the Executive is analyzing several ways to resolve the problem.

According to the Panama America newspaper, the conclusions of those talks will be issued in a document, including not only finances, but also medicines and the discounts not applied to that sector in some places.

Wednesday s meeting did not produce anything concrete, so the third-agers have given the administration a four-day deadline to endorse a 30-percent increase on pensions or they will take to the streets again.

The dialogue between the parties restarted Wednesday after several days of verbal attacks due to the serious differences between the parties and division among related groups.

As a pressure measure, that Argentine sector has blocked several streets of the capital, mainly the Tran-seismic Highway, Rio Abajo and the Pedregal Cross.

Last week tension escalated when several officials threatened to use force to remove the old people from the closed streets.