Through Resolution 71 of August 4, 2021, the Ministry of the Presidency declared as restricted access information the minutes, notes, files and other records or records of the discussions or activities of the Cabinet Council, the president or vice president of the Republic and the secretary of the Cabinet Council.

Exempted from this measure are those minutes corresponding to discussions or activities related to contract approvals.

Due to the provisions of this resolution, which came into force as of today, Friday, August 20, these documents may not be disclosed for a period of ten years, counted from 2021, unless before the restriction period expires, they cease to exist. the reasons that justified their restricted access.

The resolution, which was signed by the vice president of Panama, José Gabriel Carrizo, in his capacity as Minister of the Presidency on August 4, does not indicate the reasons that justify that this information be declared of restricted access.