Panama: Two Coalitions
Run for President
The opposition in Panama
split into two alliances
for the May 3, 2009
presidential elections,
says La Prensa daily,
with deadline set on
February 3, 2009.
The media also talks of
the up coming signing of
an alliance between
Cambio Democratico, led
by Businessman Ricardo
Martinelli, and Union
Patriotica of Vice
President Guillermo
Ford.
The sources say
Movimiento Liberal
Republicano Nacionalista
(MOLIRENA) holds talks
with its historic
Panamenista Party ally,
largest government
opponent led by
businessman Juan Carlos
Varela.
Vanguardia Moral de la
Patria, fifth opposition
party, supports ex
President Guillermo
Endara (1989-1994).
Still, the leader of the
government Liberal
Party, Joaquin Franco
III, calls hard to
assemble an opposition
alliance since Varela
and Martinelli are
running for president. |
