The question of the legitimacy of the exclusion from the management of ports Panamanian Sisters of Balboa and Cristóbal of the Panama Ports Company (PPC) of the CK Hutchison Holdings Group of Hong Kong which occurred after that the Supreme Court of Justice of the Central American nation had declared the unconstitutionality of the law of Approval of the concession contract for the two airports ( of 30 January 2026). This was announced by the Minister of Economy and Economy Panama Finance, Felipe Chapman, during an interview with the Spanish news agency "EFE" specifying that the The procedure will be held at the International Chamber of Commerce of New York and that the value of the company's claim will amount to over 1.5 billion dollars.

Chapman called the sum demanded "completely detached from reality" in consideration - he specified - of PPC's contribution to Panama over the past 25 years. In addition the minister said that Panama will not ask for any kind of and expressed the Panamanian government's openness in the "to discuss a possible agreement".

That there has already been a confrontation has instead been affirmed Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino, who is The head of government, announcing that representatives of the executive held meetings in New York and Washington with top executives of CK Hutchison Holdings. Mill, which on Monday signed a decree assigning the management of the two ports to APM Terminals and TiL ( of 23 February 2026), stressed that there is no Chinese It was no openness but rather - he added - "arrogance".