Panama Remembers Omar Torrijos' Death

The 31 anniversary of the death of General Omar Torrijos in a supposed plane crash whose causes have not yet been fully clarified, was commemorated by the Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) which he founded.

Torrijismo is not something that is said, you acts as Torrijista or not, said his son and president of the Republic Martin Torrijos Espino in the acts of remembrance made the day before.

Torrijos Espino regretted that a country like Panama, which walked along a path of progress, is taking today through an unnecessary confrontation.

Adolfo Ahumada, keynote speaker at events organized by the Omar Foundation and implemented in the mausoleum of Calzada de Amador, said that given the complicated political situation in the country it is in Torrijismo where lies the lifeline for Panama.

At the events were representatives of all the trends and the Torrijismo presidential candidates, as well as the candidates to lead the National Executive Council of the PRD.

General Omar Torrijos died 31 years ago when the aircraft he was traveling in crashed into the hill Marta, in Cocle. A youth contingent of the party went there this week to lay flowers at the bust erected in the scene.