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Panama City Mayor Mayer Mizrachi: 'I'm more afraid of this job than I want it'

Panama City Mayor Mayer Mizrachi announced he will not run for president in 2029, citing his desire to focus on his family and serving the city over political ambitions.


Panama City Mayor Mayer Mizrachi: 'I'm more afraid of this job than I want it'

Mayor Mayer Mizrachi said he feels blessed by God, remembering that he comes from difficult times and that today he holds the mayorship of the country's capital city, the most important in Central America and the Caribbean, and the financial hub of Latin America. Even so, he affirmed that he does not want more power, because he has seen how many people enter politics out of greed and not out of responsibility. 'I am more afraid of the position than I am eager to take it,' he blurted out, questioning those who become sick with power and are trapped in the political game as if it were a competition and not a service. The mayor said that his greatest aspiration is not in a palace or a presidential chair. He wants to get married, form a family, have children, and leave them an honorable name. According to him, he aspires for those who replace him to be better than him and to be able to sleep in peace knowing he did his job. For Mizrachi, true success is not to perpetuate oneself in office, but to leave when it's time, without undue ambition and with people as a priority, not as a ladder. While half the country is already making calculations for 2029, the capital mayor, Mayer Mizrachi, decided to break the script. Mizrachi made it clear that he will not be a candidate for anything. His focus, he says, is one alone: to be the best possible mayor today and then go to rest with a clear conscience. Mizrachi spoke from the human, not from the political calculation.

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