Bill 700.

Summary.

The bill establishes forty-one electoral districts for electing members of the National Assembly (ASAMBLEA NACIONAL). For each district, it specifies the territory covered, number of electors and number of members to be elected. In Bocas del Toro Province, Changuinola elects one member; Bocas del Toro, Chiriquí Grande, Almirante and the Naso Tjer Di comarca form another district electing one. In Coclé Province, Penonomé elects two; Antón, one; La Pintada, Natá and Olá, one; and Aguadulce, one.

In Colón Province, Colón district elects four members, while Chagres, Donoso, Portobelo, Santa Isabel and Ornar Torrijos Herrera elect one. Chiriquí Province has seven districts: David elects three; Barú and Bugaba elect one each; and the groups Alanje–Boquerón, Renacimiento–Tierras Altas, Boquete–Dolega–Gualaca, and Remedios–San Lorenzo–Tolé–San Félix each elect one. In Darién Province, Chepigana, Santa Fe and Sambú form one district, and Pinogana and Cémaco another; each elects one member.

Herrera Province has three districts, each electing one member: Chitré; Los Pozos, Parita and Pesé; and Ocú, Las Minas and Santa María. In Los Santos Province, Las Tablas, Pocrí, Pedasí and Guararé elect one; Los Santos, Macaracas and Tonosí elect another. In Panamá Province, Balboa, Chepo, Chimán and Taboga elect one, while San Miguelito elects six. The corregimientos of San Felipe, El Chorrillo, Santa Ana, Calidonia, Curundú, Ancón, Bella Vista, Betania and Pueblo Nuevo elect four; Río Abajo, San Francisco, Parque Lefevre, Juan Díaz and Don Bosco elect four; Chilibre, Las Cumbres, Alcalde Díaz, Ernesto Córdoba C. and Caimitillo elect three; and Pedregal, Pacora, San Martín, Tocumen, Las Mañanitas, 24 de Diciembre and Las Garzas elect five.

In Veraguas Province, Santiago elects two members. La Mesa, Soná and Las Palmas; Cañazas, Calobre, Santa Fe and San Francisco; and Atalaya, Montijo, Río de Jesús and Mariato each form a district electing one. In the Gunayala Comarca (Kuna Yala), one district includes Narganá, the Ailigandí settlements of Airdirgandí, Irgandí, Playón Chico, Playón Grande and San Ignacio de Tupile, and Guna de Madungandi. The other includes the rest of Ailigandí, Tubualá, Puerto Obaldía and Guna de Wargandi. Each elects one member. In the Ngabe-Buglé Comarca, the groups Kankintú–Kusapín–Jirondai–Santa Catalina, Besiko–Mirono–Nole Duima, and Müna–Ñürün each elect one. In Panamá Oeste Province, Arraiján and La Chorrera elect four each; Capira elects one; and Chame and San Carlos elect one.

Annex A forms an integral part of the proposed law and details district boundaries and composition. The bill repeals Law 299 of May 5, 2022 and provides for commencement upon promulgation. It concerns the National Assembly, electoral administration and electors in the provinces and comarcas listed.