Three days before the presidential elections held on Sunday May 5 in Panama, the poll favorite, Jose Raul Molino, was still waiting yesterday Thursday for the decision of the Supreme Court that will decide whether he can participate in the process. The 64-year-old lawyer was former president Riccardo Martinelli's candidate for vice president (2009-2014). But the latter was disqualified, due to his sentence to serve eleven years in prison for money laundering, which prompted him to take refuge in the Nicaraguan embassy. A lawyer appealed to the Supreme Court, which has been sitting since Tuesday, arguing that since Mr. Molino did not participate in the primaries and has no co-candidate, he should also be excluded from the process. Both terms are legally binding. The legal framework for these elections, which are held in a single round, with the winner emerging by a simple majority, stipulates that presidential candidates must win in a primary if the party they represent has over […]
Source: News Beast
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