Last-minute candidate José Raúl Mulino heads to victory in Panama’s presidential election

Ciudad de Panamá. El abogado derechista José Raúl Mulino, quien resultó victorioso en las elecciones presidenciales de este domingo en Panamá, prometió tomar medidas “sin temor” para revitalizar la economía y poner fin a la “persecución política”, de la cual afirma ser víctima su mentor, el exmandatario Ricardo Martinelli.Mulino, de 64 años, se alzó con la victoria al obtener un 34% de los votos, superando el 25% del candidato centroderechista R…

Panama elects former security minister José Raúl Mulino as next president

Mulino, who won 34.3% of vote, pledges to welcome business and investment without forgetting ‘those who are hungry’José Raúl Mulino, a former security minister, has emerged from a chaotic campaign to become Panama’s next president — and will now have to address a cocktail of social discontent with just a fraction of the seats in parliament.Amid record turnout, Mulino won 34.3% of the vote, followed by the lawyer Ricardo Lombana on 24.8% and form…

Although he only became a candidate a couple of months ago, Mulino managed to prevail in the votes, obtaining more than 34% support in the most crowded elections of the last three decades.

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Stand-in Jose Raul Mulino wins Panama presidential race

The stand-in for banned ex-President Ricardo Martinelli has promised to boost the economy.

Mulino, 64, had nearly 35 percent of the vote with more than 92 percent of the ballots counted, and he's going to seek political consensus and promote "a government that works for the private sector."