Through legal actions, the La Chorrera mayor's office proceeded to annul the mayoral decrees issued by the previous municipal administration that allowed some nightlife establishments to operate 24 hours a day. Roberto Lee, secretary general of the La Chorrera municipality, said that two of the venues that had permits for extended hours had accumulated several citizen complaints for fights and scandals, as well as shootings. He added that achieving the annulment of the decrees extending operating hours was a legal process that took several months due to the legal resources presented by the merchants' lawyers. The new mayoral decree issued by the administration of Mayor Eloy Chon states that nightlife entertainment venues must close at 4:00 a.m. on weekends. He added that an edict has already been placed on the door of one venue whose owner refused to attend the citations to be notified of the resolution against him. Lee described the decision of the previous La Chorrera mayoral administration to extend operating hours in some nightlife centers as "irresponsible".
According to the secretary general of the La Chorrera Municipality, the largest number of citizen complaints is against six nightlife venues, all located in the district's center. The lawyers for the owner of one of these venues filed an appeal for protection, which is pending a decision from the Governorate of West Panama.
