20. Is there a limit on the amount a candidate can contribute to their own election campaign?

Source: Artículo 231, 244, 248, Código Electoral de Panamá, 2022. Article 231, 244, 248, Electoral Code of the Republic of Panama, 2022.

(ES)
Artículo 231. Las nóminas podrán financiar con recursos donados o propios, dentro de los topes señalados, actividades como: [...]

Artículo 244. Para el desarrollo de las actividades descritas en el artículo 231 durante las campañas electorales [...] se establece un tope al financiamiento privado [...]. Para el cargo de presidente de la República, será de diez millones de balboas (B/.10 000 000.00) y para diputado, será de trescientos mil balboas (B/.300 000.00).

Artículo 248. Ninguna nómina de candidatos a cargo de elección popular podrá recibir de una sola fuente contribuciones privadas que excedan los siguientes porcentajes sobre sus respectivos topes de gastos [...]. Para aplicar este tope, la nómina restará lo que financie con recursos propios.

(EN)
Article 231. The slates may finance with donated or own resources, within the indicated caps, activities such as: [...]

Article 244. For the development of the activities described in Article 231 during electoral campaigns [...] a cap on private financing is established [...]. For the position of President of the Republic, it shall be ten million balboas (B/.10,000,000.00) and for deputy, it shall be three hundred thousand balboas (B/.300,000.00).

Article 248. No list of candidates for elective office may receive from a single source private contributions that exceed the following percentages of their respective expenditure ceilings [...]. To apply this ceiling, the list of candidates will subtract what it finances with its own resources.

Available at: https://www.gacetaoficial.gob.pa/pdfTemp/29482_A/GacetaNo_29482a_20220222.pdf

A candidate's contribution to their own campaign is limited: "donated or own resources," must be used "within the indicated caps."