2019 election commission in place

 THE COMMISSION that will oversee Panama’s 2019 election was installed on Friday April 5.

The installation was overseen by Electoral Tribunal Judge Heriberto Araúz who  called for the support of the electorate to make the election a success  by educating themselves about  the candidates and  using their civic conscience to go to the polls.

Judge Araúz also referred to the recent approval of the reforms to the Electoral Code, whose sanction is pending by the Executive.

He said that everything the National Electoral Reform Commission wanted was not achieved and acknowledged

that “there are still pending issues.” However, he stressed that efforts will continue in this area reports La Prensa.

“One of the great challenges facing the commission is to motivate the youth to participate in the electoral

process,” said fellow Electoral Judge Eduardo Valdés