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(MENAFN - Newsroom Panama) While protesters gather daily at the offices of Seniaff , the government body overseeing the children s shelters where complaints of physical, sexual and psychological abuse have surfaced in a 400-page report produced by a National Assembly committee. No heads have rolled although President Cortizo promised a fast call to the tumbrils for any backsliders. One of the names appearing on signs at the rallies is Karla Garcia who was recently promoted from Senniaf to become governor of Panama replacing the former deputy mayor who has assumed her old role. In Panama s game of musical chairs, you have to move fast but not so fast when it comes to creating a system of guarantees and comprehensive protection of children. This initiative was presented in 2018 before the plenary session of the Legislature by the then Minister of Social Development, Alcibiades Vásquez, but it did not pass the filter of the Women s Commission. ....