ANA MATILDE GÓMEZ, the National Assembly’s only Deputy with no party strings attached has submitted over 65,000 signatures of citizens supporting her bid to become an independent pre-candidate for the Presidency of Panama to the Electoral Tribunal (ET).

The group that backs Gomez will hold a second verification session of signatures, as according to them they have managed to rescue some signatures that had been eliminated by ET staff,

The information was confirmed during a meeting held by the current deputy with the members of her  National Advisory Committee

In the meeting, which lasted almost six hours, the members of the Advisory Committee analyzed the different opinion polls highlighting that the majority of the population is inclined towards an independent candidacy.

Gómez is one of the more than 20 people who aspire to the Presidential candidacy through independent channels. Only three candidates will be chosen from the list.

The independent pre-candidates have until the first week of January 2018 to deliver their lists to the Electoral Tribunal.