Controversial Cambio Democrático (CD), deputy  Sergio Chello Gálvez, renowned for distribution of taxpayer-funded Christmas hams to voters in El Chorrillo has denied handing out bonus vouchers as he bids to be re-elected and to become mayor of Panama.

La Prensa reported that hours before the elections on Sunday, May 5, residents of El Chorrillo, at the circuit 8-7, lined up at the Xtra supermarket in the area to exchange $100 bonus cards for different items.

According to the testimony of some of those in the line  the bond was given to them by Gálvez, who is seeking re-election in the National Assembly; He also wants to be mayor of Panama and representative of El Chorrillo and has promised that if he becomes mayor he will rule with the hand of Ricardo Martinelli on his shoulder.

Some of the beneficiaries of the bonus, who asked for anonymity, said that everything came up in one of the walks organized by Gálvez reports La Prensa. 

During the activity, Galvez activists collected names and numbers of the participants' cards and later went house-to-house and handed out the bonds. Others said that "Chello" gave them out for the anniversary of El Chorrillo, on April 29.