Panamanian general election, 2009
- Panamanian general election, 2009
Presidential and parlimentary elections will be held in Panama on May 3 2009. [ [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/pm.html CIA - The World Factbook - Panama ] ] Presidential pre-candidates for the incumbent Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) were the former Housing Minister Balbina Herrera (considered to be US-critical and linked to Manuel Noriega), deputy agricultural development minister Laurentino Cortizo, Panama City mayor Juan Carlos Navarro and ten other candidates, [http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gf7hVdzuzh78dqvwQRfXup1Mi_Wg] with a primary between them held on 7 September 2008. [http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID={BB9D60E5-C3B5-46D7-9904-4D55F10FEBF6})&language=EN] Herrera won the primary with 48% to Navarro's 43%. [http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN0733063220080908] The Liberal Party and the People's Party are in talks with the PRD on an electoral alliance. [http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID={183D8EAD-BE9A-4BFC-A3CC-2C84D86C7CCE})&language=EN]
Ricardo Martinelli is the candidate of the opposition Democratic Change, also supported by the Patriotic Union Party. [ [http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/view/30524/herrera_martinelli_still_popular_in_panama Herrera, Martinelli Still Popular in Panama: Angus Reid Global Monitor ] ] Juan Carlos Varela is the candidate of the Panameñista Party, which is in talks with the Nationalist Republican Liberal Movement on an alliance. [http://englishnewspanama.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=935&Itemid=41]
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