IMPORTANT NOTICE FROM VE ELECTION INSPECTORS REGARDING THE UPCOMING JANUARY GA MEETINGS

IMPORTANT NOTICE FROM VE ELECTION INSPECTORS REGARDING THE UPCOMING JANUARY GA MEETINGS 

Certain individuals are already challenging the legality of the upcoming elections by claiming that under Panamanian Law only the legal representative as listed on the Public Registry can vote at our election. 

So by advice of numerous attorneys including the VEHOA one, the following requirement must be met in order to be eligible to vote and eliminate this as a potential issue. This needs to be done only once and will be kept on file for all future votes. ALL voting by ANY group or ANY steering committee will now need to be done this way in the future so as to be legal.

1) If your name is the registered owner of your property in the Public Registry, then you can vote. or assign someone else to be your proxy, and you will not need a power of attorney (POA)

2) If your property/lot/condo is under a corporation or trust name then the same President of that corporation, as listed on the Public Registry, must give you a notarized power of attorney (POA) designating you as the legal representative of that entity with authority to vote on its behalf or to assign someone else to be your proxy.

This will take your legal representative very little time to do for you and it can easily be done even for those of you who are absentee. 

Getting a notarized P.O.A. from the registered President of your corporation or trust is a very simple process. For most it will require a call to the attorney who represents your corporation and they can handle it for a very small nominal fee.  

The original must be presented at the GA meeting before any homeowner will be considered eligible to vote whether it be in person or by proxy. The original will be kept on file so you can recognized as the legal representative of that property for all future VE homeowner business. You do not need to be in Panama to meet this requirement. You only have to get the notarized POA to the Election Inspectors prior to the GA meeting and you can scan and email your filled out and signed January VE voting proxy assigning the rights given to you by this POA to someone to vote on your behalf at the GA meeting.

We regret any inconvenience this may cause but this is the only way to insure that this upcoming meetings and elections cannot be contested.

For your convenience we have attached a sample power of attorney, in Spanish, that was created by legal counsel for you to forward to the attorney who represents your corporation so they can just fill it out and get in notarized.

Here is what it says in English:

BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF VALLE ESCONDIDO HOME OWNERS ASSOCIATION:                                     

The undersigned, ___________________,Panama (a) / abroad, of age, identity card / passport no. _________________, acting on behalf of the company ____________________________ with Microjacket________ Document: ___________ of the Public Registry of Panama,  owner of lot no._______________  located in the Residential Valle Escondido, Bajo Boquete, District of Boquete, Province of Chiriqui, in my faculty of active member of the VALLE ESCONDIDO HOME OWNER ASSOCIATION hereby grant SPECIAL POWER  to ____________________, to represent me in all management, deal, communication, and participation within the VALLE ESCONDIDO HOME OWNER ASSOCIATION.

So _______________, is fully empowered and entitled to speak and vote for accreditation , replace power, participate , object, object , request, submit , sign , inform and participate in the meeting, assembly , virtual portal , to be by the Board and / or Association to exercise this power in favor of the interests for which it contracts.

This Power revokes all previous, 

The Authorized Election Inspectors:

RICHARD MOORE

CAESAR SHERRARD

BILL MCABEE

Since this is a blog post without the ability to attach the POA form a copy is available to view and print from the documents tab above