Panama's 2005 Military Law
"Ordinariato Castrense"
Government of Panama Signs Agreement With Vatican
Placing a Bishop in Charge of the Police/Military
Introduction
This "Panama Military Law" is
based on a document called "Ordinariato Castrense" that was signed to the
best of our knowledge and research on Friday July 1st, 2005. It is an agreement
between the government of Panama and the Vatican that creates a new military
post. This is the post of a military bishop, or "Vicariato Castrense."
The only catch is Panama doesn't have a military. It must be understood
that this new post of Military Bishopric is not like a chaplain to the military,
it is the reverse. It is a position title more like a General, actually
it's above a General. This places the entire military under the command
and influence of this Military Bishop. This is obviously a dangerous
mixing of Church and State. And you can see how if you do not share the
same Catholic faith you could be persecuted in various ways. Other countries
(Costa Rica, Venezuela, Argentina, and Cuba) in Latin America have signed on to
this agreement with the Vatican in the past years and it has always resulted in
persecution, this has been especially true in Cuba and Argentina. In fact,
the current president of Panama, Martin Torrijos, has not only started up almost a
dozen new military schools in Panama (under the control of this new Bishopric),
but they have asked troops from Cuba that have been trained in torture to come
to the schools and train their new "military" which is more of a police-state
militarization. (According to Miquel Antonio Bernal)
While in Panama on a mission trip we were able to obtain a
DVD of an interview with
Guillermo David Endara
Galimany (a past President of Panama) and Miguel Antonio Bernal (an expert in the
Panama Constitution, and a Professor at the Titular University) speaking out
against this military agreement that was signed with the Vatican. As our friends
there translated it to us we realized these were some pretty
serious developments and decided to do what we could to share them with others
here in the US. The following video and audio clips are from that DVD.
Three people are part of this
interview.
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Guillermo David Endara Galimany, (President of Panama 1989-1994)
- Miguel Antonio Bernal (an expert in the
Panama Constitution, and a Professor at the Titular University)
- The Hosanna Vision Interviewer (Name is currently
unknown)
The video and audio was
reviewed and translated by a Seventh-day Adventist Pastor and at their request
will remain unnamed.
Video Clips
We have posted the maximum amount of video covered under the terms of "fair use"
without violating Copyrights. Please listen to the audio translation for a
more complete "picture" of the dynamics of this agreement.
Panama Military Law - Video Summary
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terms, so it can be very hard to follow. We apologize for the rough
translation, but you get the idea as the interview progresses. We only had
3 days to complete the translation so it was very intense. It's hard
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Text of audio (rough) translation
Summary
Copies of this interview both raw and
translated are being sent to several Seventh-day Adventist media centers for
them to review. There are some details in the story of how we came to
obtain this interview that we cannot reveal because we do not want to endanger
those who gave this video to us. Shortly after this interview both these
men were given copies of the Great Controversy. Also shortly after ex-president
Guillermo David Endara
Galimany did this interview, his offices were
destroyed.
We can tell you that we were a bit nervous having a DVD labeled "Panama Military
Law" as we were hand-searched by the Police/Military at the airport. But
we were able to bring it back without any problems. Thanks be to God!
Research Links
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