PANAMA'S National Assembly trails all other countries in Central America in terms of transparency and is among the five least transparent parliaments in Latin America.
A study, developed with the support of the Foundation for the Development of Citizen's Freedom [Local Transparency International]chapter, details that the transparency index of the Panamanian legislature is 44%, six points below the regional average.
This year the Network evaluated 13 countries,and included Panama in the research for the first time since it began in 2002.