Panama Presidential Election Preview
Cortizo is likely to win on an anti-corruption platform that could lead to a constitutional rewrite.
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Panama’s elections are scheduled for 5 May 2019. The presidential election is a single round winner take all system and the leading candidates are Laurentino Cortizo, Romulo Roux, Jose Isabel Blandon, and Ana Matilde Gomez.
Key points:
Laurentino Cortizo is likely to win according to current polling.
Running on an anti-corruption platform, Cortizo also pro…