Another Way Movement Explained

Another Way Movement
Native Name:Movimiento Otro Camino
Abbreviation:MOCA
Leader:Ricardo Lombana
Membership Year:2022
Membership:46,615
Position:Big tent
Colours: Dark blue
Orange
Seats1 Title:National Assembly
Seats2 Title:District Mayors
Seats3 Title:Corregimiento Representatives
Seats4 Title:Seats in the Central American Parliament (Panamanian seats)
Country:Panama

The Another Way Movement (Spanish; Castilian: Movimiento Otro Camino; MOCA) is a political party in Panama, recognized by the Electoral Tribunal of Panama on 29 June 2022.[1] The leader of the party is former presidential candidate Ricardo Lombana. The party has 46,615 adherents (June 2022).[2]

The movement emerged as an independent political group seeking Lombana's presidential candidacy through free candidacy in the 2019 elections, however they came in third place behind the Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) and Democratic Change.[3]

After the elections, the movement aimed to become a political party, arguing that the electoral rules favored the parties and there were disadvantages in the free application.[4] On November 19, 2019, the group formally requested before the Electoral Court its intention to become a political party. It was recognized as a party in formation on February 10, 2020 and after the constitutive convention of May 22, 2022, it was recognized as a political party by the court on June 29, 2022.[5] [6]

The party seeks Lombana's participation in the 2024 presidential elections, and they also consider themselves an anti-corruption party.[7]

Election results

PARLACEN elections

The amount of seats allocated for the PARLACEN is based on the vote share obtained by each party in the presidential election.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tribunal Electoral de Panamá . 29 June 2022 . Boletín del Tribunal Electoral 5093-E . 30 June 2022.
  2. Web site: 30 June 2022 . Tribunal Electoral: Otro Camino Panamá ya es un partido . 30 June 2022.
  3. News: TVN Noticias . 5 May 2019 . Lombana reconoce derrota y anuncia intención de correr en el 2024 . 30 June 2022.
  4. Web site: Anuncian creación de partido Movimiento Otro Camino . 28 October 2019 . 30 June 2022.
  5. Web site: 27 May 2022 . Movimiento Otro Camino solicita reconocimiento formal como partido político - Movimiento Otro Camino . 30 June 2022.
  6. Web site: 30 June 2022 . Tribunal Electoral: Otro Camino Panamá ya es un partido . 30 June 2022.
  7. Web site: 30 June 2022 . Movimiento Otro Camino es reconocido legalmente como partido político por el TE . 30 June 2022.