Weekly Report - 13 March 2008 (ISSN 1741-7422)

Last week the ruling Partido Revolucionario Democrático (PRD) elected its national executive committee (CEN) in a vote which will determine not just the party leadership but also possible candidates for the presidential elections due to be held in 2009. The outcome represented a victory for President Martí­n Torrijos as well as housing minister Balbina Herrera, who was selected as party president.