Latin America Risk Report

Latin America Risk Report

Panama Presidential Election Preview

Cortizo is likely to win on an anti-corruption platform that could lead to a constitutional rewrite.

Boz
Mar 20, 2019
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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…

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