This is a choice, not an oversight. Cases that for years made headlines, investigations that seemed to mark a turning point, end up diluting in a reality where consequences do not always reach power. The scene is familiar: figures linked to corruption cases do not disappear from the public space, but occupy it with naturalness. The most recent example is not in an office, but on the street. A businessman who admitted to paying bribes headed one of the country's most traditional celebrations without major discomfort. This is not an isolated episode, but a signal. Contracts, relationships, presence. Power does not stop, it adapts. But there is something more revealing. In Panama, judicial time and political time do not always walk in step. And what is celebrated today says much more than we are willing to accept. Justice can close files. The one who decides to place that figure in a symbolic place of representation also sends a message. Politics, in turn, defines what is normalized.
