No Women’s Museum in Boquete: Balbina Herrera confirms that the PRD will Not Buy a House in Boquete.

The PRD (Democratic Revolutionary Party) had proposed to establish a “Casa Museo de la Mujer”- Women’s Museum and had chosen a site in Alto Boquete, Chriqui.  However, the Secretary General of the PRD, Balbina Herrera, confirmed that the purchase of a residence in Boquete, Chiriquí province, intended for the project will not go through. The Women’s Front organization decided to look for another location to develop the museum.

Balbina Herrera stated that the documentation of the property purchase was submitted to the Tribunal Electoral for a preliminary review. The Electoral observed that the property’s occupancy conditions did not allow for a project of this type and raised 11 objections that affected the proposal.   The property, located in “The View”, Boquete residential complex in Alto Boquete, was valued at over $138 thousand dollars. The View is a gated community along the road to Caldera. Its acquisition was to be processed with post-election subsidy funds. Arelys González, the head of The PRD’s Woman’s Front spearheaded the project.   

The PRD Women’s Front is the official women’s sectoral wing of Panama’s Democratic Revolutionary Party, dedicated to promoting female political participation, leadership training, and gender-focused policies within the party.

The Secretary General acknowledged that she signed and submitted the purchase documents to the Electoral Tribunal without first verifying the conditions of use of the residence. Herrera admitted that she did not verify that the property was located within a residential development with restrictions for public activities and assumed responsibility for that omission.

Herrera also indicated that she trusted the team that prepared the proposal and admitted that the legal team needed to review the contract.