FRANZ WEVER, who managed to become Secretary General of the National Assembly after twice being rejected by voters during elections has a lifelong record of feeding at the public trough. Going back to the days when he led a union of taxi drivers with the blessing of the military dictatorship.

His clouded past including allegations of corruption may be catching up with him in the diablos rojos compensation scandal (Diablos rojos were retired and old, often poorly serviced  US school buses, billowing black clouds of diesel smoke that threatened the lives of passengers and highway users before the Metro bus system was introduced.

After interrogation by the Public prosecutor, over alleged anomalies in  his compensation claims, Wever was placed under country arrest, meaning he cannot travel without judicial permission and must report to the authorities every month

In his familiar style, Wever thumbed his nose at the restriction, telling a gaggle of media, -perhaps anticipating a repeat of a  previous performance when he unzipped his fly- that he was tired of traveling and spending money and had visited 53 countries and four continents

On Sunday, February 24 La Prensa delved into some of his recent jaunts trips without touching on his jaunts to sporting events like the Olympics  in earlier roles ion sporting bodies

“Vietnam, Zambia, the Arab Emirates, Bangladesh, Russia, and Switzerland are some of the countries visited by the Secretary-General of the National Assembly,  Franz Wever, with public money.  In total, Wever has made at least 14 trips, which has meant an expense to the Legislative of over  $102,000. In May 2016, he traveled to Dubai, to attend a forum for recycling and management of solid waste. The tour cost $10,s92 reports La Prensa The "political ability" of Franz Wever served to obtain favors in other organs of the State. In 2017 he managed to get the Presidency of the Republic, in charge of the Panamanian Juan Carlos Varela, to pay him surgery to remove kidney stones, which cost $7,787. This, although he earns $ 7000 a month as General Secretary 

From January 2015 to August 2018, Wever, a member of the Democratic Revolutionary Party, (PRD) has taken planes to visit countries in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and America. In March 2015, when he was a few months in office, he flew away. He traveled to Hanoi, Vietnam, to participate in a parliamentary assembly. He received travel expenses of $5,837.

In September of that year, he went to Lausanne, Switzerland, to attend an issue that had nothing to do with the work he does in the Legislature  It was an activity to which he was invited as a director of the Swimming Federation, but which was paid with money from the Assembly. He was given $3,600 in travel expenses.

The following month, October 2015, he returned to Switzerland, but this time he went to Geneva, where he represented Panama in a meeting of parliamentarians s. His air ticket cost $5,000  and thousand, and he received $ 4,200 in travel expenses.

His next destination was more distant and exotic. In March 2016 he flew to Lusaka, the capital of Zambia, a trip that meant an outlay of $6,600 in travel expenses.

The next stamp in his your passport from (May 2016) would be posted at an airport in a country in the United Arab Emirates: in Dubai, where he represented the Assembly in a forum on recycling and waste management. His air ticket cost $5,184, but he also received $4, 900 in travel expenses. He also went to Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. for an assembly of parliaments. The air ticket cost $ 5, 289, but he also received $5,000 in travel expenses.

Wever has also gone to Sao Paulo, Brazil, to several cities in Mexico and Spain, to St. Petersburg, Russia and other destinations with  public money reports La Prensa,

For now he's grounded, awairing trial when his wings may be further clipped .