Politics is Rough on Horses

[Keith Woolford]

Apparently politics got out of hand at a cabalgata yesterday in David. One of the horses went down.  ☹️

 

[Siempre Soluciones]

40 minutes ago, Keith Woolford said:

Apparently politics got out of hand at a cabalgata yesterday in David. One of the horses went down.  ☹️

 

I sure hope the horse is okay.

 

[Keith Woolford]

3 hours ago, Siempre Soluciones said:

I sure hope the horse is okay.

The horse and rider returned to the fracas so I guess they're alright.

The concern over this is the hurt that could be put on innocent parade goers or bystanders.

 

[Keith Woolford]

Enrique Athanadasias, the owner of Avicola Atenas and the father of our Diputada, says it was he who punched Benicio Robinson in the stomach at the cabalgata, but his daughter and Robinson deny it. 😕

It appears that this is going to be a tough contest.

from La Estrella

In the morning hours, a video was circulated on social networks in which two riders came to blows in the cavalcade of San José de David, province of Chiriqui.

Then a row was reported in which Benicio Robinson, president of the PRD and Enrique Athanasiadis, father of a deputy from the same party, got involved in the fracas.

Some witnesses confirmed to La Estrella de Panama that Enrique Athanasiadis, father of the deputy of the Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD), Athenas Athanasiadis, got involved in a fight with the deputy and president of the PRD, Benicio Robinson, during the activity.

Enrique Athanasiadis, said that he did hit the deputy Robinson in the stomach, "for treason" in the traditional parade in honor of San José de David.

He said that during the ride, 'Robinson approached me, but as a traitor I did not trust him in that proximity and I gave him a blow' said the deputy's father.

Athanasiadis Sr., said that Robinson negotiated the nomination in circuit 4-5 (province of Chiriqui) that belonged to his daughter and that is why he considers him a traitor.

The PRD nominated for May's legislative elections, Manolo Ruíz, who in the past electoral process was a candidate for Cambio Democrático (CD) and who opposed Athanasiadis is now a candidate of the Molirena and the PRD.

So far the deputy of the PRD said on her Twitter account that her father is not one of the men that appears in the video that circulated after the ride. For his part, Deputy Robinson informed that he is not involved in this incident.

http://laestrella.com.pa/panama/politica/pegue-traidor-dijo-padre-diputadaathanasiadis/24112460

Edited March 22, 2019 by Keith Woolford