The Vamos Coalition Asks For the Independent Vote

The Vamos coalition measured its strength against that of large political parties. ‘The dictatorship of the corrupt in the Assembly is over’: Juan Diego Vásquez closes the Vamos campaign and asks for the independent vote.  While the presidential candidates Rómulo Roux, from Cambio Democrático; and José Gabriel Carrizo, of the ruling Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD), were closing their campaign; one from Avenida México, in the capital city; and the other, in Santiago de Veraguas, the independent deputies Juan Diego Vásquez and Gabriel Silva, together with the candidate for mayor of San Miguelito, Irma Hernández, gathered hundreds of their supporters at the Minuto 90 court in Brisas del Golf.  With speeches against corruption, gambling and excessive spending, the three addressed their supporters to ask for the independent vote, which would allow them to have high representation in the National Assembly, community boards and mayors’ offices.  The first to address the public was Irma Hernández. She assured that the coalition must follow the example of Juan Diego Vásquez and Gabriel Silva to change the country. “We are closing a wound, of people who are fed up with being lied to,” said Hernández.