nment parties:
PDC 28, MOLIRENA 15, PA 8, PLA 4
opposition parties:
PRD 10, PALA 1, PL 1; note - the PDC went into opposition after
President Guillermo ENDARA ousted the PDC from the coalition
government in April 1991; an election of members of the National
Assembly was held on 8 May 1994 (next election to be held on 9 May
1999) and they will take their seats on 1 September 1994; results -
percent of vote and seats won by party NA
Judicial branch:
Supreme Court of Justice (Corte Suprema de Justicia), 5 superior
courts, 3 courts of appeal
Political parties and leaders:
government alliance:
Nationalist Republican Liberal Movement (MOLIRENA), Alfredo RAMIREZ;
Authentic Liberal Party (PLA), Arnulfo ESCALONA; Arnulfista Party
(PA), Mireya MOSCOSO DE GRUBER
other parties:
Christian Democratic Party (PDC), Raul OSSA; Democratic Revolutionary
Party (PRD), Gerardo GONZALEZ; Agrarian Labor Party (PALA), Nestor
Tomas GUERRA; Liberal Party (PL), Roberto ALEMAN Zubieta; Doctrinaire
Panamenista Party (PPD), Jose Salvador MUNOZ; Papa Egoro Movement,
Ruben BLADES; Civic Renewal Party (PRC), Tomas HERRERA; National
Integration Movement (MINA), Arrigo GUARDIA; National Unity Mission
Party (MUN), Jose Manuel PAREDES; Solidarity Party (CPS), Samuel LEWIS
GALINDO
note:
following the elections of 8 May 1994 the following realignment of
political parties took place
governing coalition:
Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD), Gerardo GONZALEZ; Liberal
Republican Party (PLR), Rodolfo CHIARI; Labor Party (PALA), Carlos
Lopez GUEVARA; Solidarity Party (PS),Samuel LEWIS GALINDO
other parties:
Nationalist Republican Liberal Movement (MOLIRENA), Alfredo RAMIREZ;
Authentic Liberal Party (PLA), Arnulfo ESCOLONA; Arnulfista Party
(PA), Mireya Moscoso DE GRUBER; Christian Democratic Party (PDC), Raul
OSSA; Liberal Party (PL), Roberto ALEMAN Zubieta; Papa Egoro Movement,
Ruben BLADES; Civic Renewal Party (PRC), Tomas HERRERA; National Unity
Mission Party (MUN), Jose Manuel PAREDES
Other political or pressure groups:
National Council of Organized Workers (CONATO); National Council of
Private Enterprise (CONEP); Panamanian Association of Business
Executives (APEDE); National Civic Crusade; Chamber of Commerce;
Panamanian Industrialists Society (SIP); Workers Confederation of the
Republic of Panama (CTRP)
Member of:
AG (associate), CG, ECLAC, FAO, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO,