PREFERENCE OF GENERAL OMAR TORRIJOS HERRERA TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT IN 1978

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• Document Creation Date: March 9, 2023
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• Case Number: F-2020-01126
• Publication Date: December 28, 1977

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DECEMBER 1977
SUBJECT: PREFERENCE OF GENERAL OmAR TORRIJOS HERRERA TO RUN
FOR PRESIDENT IN 1978
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GENERAL OMAR T 0
HERRtRA, CHIEF OF GOVERNMENT, PREFERS
FOR PRESIDENT OF PANAMA IN 078,
FELT THAT
EM8ARRASSMENT v;HEN IT wAS POINTED GO
R�RIJOS
TO LEAVE THE GN AND RUN
TORPIJOS
PANAMA HAD SUFFERED GREAT
THAT THE PANAMA CANAL
TREATIES HAD NOT HEEN SIGNED BY AN ELECTED OFFICIAL IN AASHINGT0,1,
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D.C. IN SEPTEMBER 1977.
2. WHILE PREFERRING ELECTIVE OFFICE, TORRIJOS TOLD
THAT IT WAS TOO EARLY TO MAKE ANY FINAL DFCIS1DN AND THAT HF
STILL HAD THE OPTIONS OF CONTINUING AS COMMANDER OF THE GN AND
CHIEF OF GOVERNMENT, OR REMAINING AS CHIEF OF GOVERNMENT AND
APPOINTING SOMEONE ELSE AS GN COMMANDER. TORRIJOS SAID THAT HE
PLANS TO WAIT UNTIL HE HAS A BETTER READING ON THE CHANCES FOR
RATIFICATION OF THE CANAL TREATIES BY THE UNITED STATES SENATE
BEFORE MAKING HIS FINAL DECISION.
.3. TORRIJOS TOLD
THAT PEINNING AN OPEN ELECTION
0OUL1) CAP HIS POLITICAL CAREER. TORRIJOS SAID THAT AFTER SERVING
A SIX YEAR TERM AS PRESIDENT HE COULD RETIRE AND BECOME AN ELDER
STATESMAN AND BEHIND�THE..SCEWES POLITICAL STRATEGIST.
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