The candidate for the presidency of  Panama for the Movimiento Otro Camino (MOCA) party, Ricardo Lombana, was hospitalized on Wednesday, August 30 after being diagnosed with pneumonia.

After a medical evaluation, they ordered his immediate hospitalization, after arriving at a local hospital at noon.

The the doctors' decision was made after being examined and evaluated, therefore, the press conference they had scheduled for the afternoon, as well as the walks for this weekend in the corregimiento de Juan Díaz and in Tanara, will be rescheduled.