Lawmakers go Awol  from National Assembly

Panama’s lawmakers on Monday, May 27,  thumbed their noses at the executive’s call extraordinary sessions, in the dying days of the current administration.

Of the 71 deputies that make up the National Assembly, only 27 showed up including  only five (one of them alternate) of the  16 deputies of the currently ruling  Panameñista party,

It  was anticipated expected that the deputies would  fulfill their constitutional  duty and begin

discussion of important projects and ratifications including the designations of the electoral public prosecutor, magistrates of the Supreme Court and directors of the Panama Canal Authority.

The list discussion also includes the bill that creates the extraordinary bonus for retirees, the creation of a national commission for the review of pensions and the contract between the State and Minera Panamá.

In the absence of a quorum, the session was closed.