Weekly Report - 23 April 2009 (WR-09-16)

PANAMA: Credibility of elections compromised

Central America & Caribbean 23 April 2009 Modified: 27 September 2011 234 views

With the general elections less than two weeks away, the opposition presidential candidate, Ricardo Martinelli, is poised to take the presidency. Two highly questionable rulings by the electoral authorities and the attorney general's office, however, have cast grave doubts over the credibility of the electoral process itself.

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