Martinelli and Zulay team up to focus on San Miguelito before primaries

https://www.laestrella.com.pa/nacional/politica/230928/martinelli-confirma-postulacion-zulay-rodriguez-alcaldia-san-miguelito-rm-alianza The presidential candidate for the Realizing Goals (RM) party, Ricardo Martinelli, announced that both his party and the Alianza party will nominate the representative of the Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD), Zulay Rodríguez, for mayor of San Miguelito. Rodríguez’s nomination for this position will also be made by the Alianza party, chaired by former deputy…

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All In The Family” Panama style. Martinelli-Linares proposed for VP of RM party

https://www.laestrella.com.pa/nacional/230926/tendra-primera-palabra-impugnan The Electoral Tribunal (TE) will have the first word in whether or not it accepts the candidacy of Marta Linares de Martinelli for the vice presidency of the Republic on the presidential list of the Realizing Goals (RM) party, headed by her husband Ricardo Martinelli. The TE itself must rule if this nomination is…

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Tough year for Zulay as she faces expulsion from the PRD

Things have taken a turn for the once shining young star of Panamanian politics. https://www.laestrella.com.pa/nacional/230907/zulay-defendera-eventual-proceso-expulsion They do! This is how congresswoman Zulay Rodríguez and presidential candidate for free nomination responded to the claims to request her expulsion from the Democratic Revolutionary Party, a political group to which she belongs. On Monday, September 4, the PRD attorney…

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A little late to the party here Ricardo? Duh. Just say corrupt as Holy Hell

https://www.laestrella.com.pa/nacional/230831/ricardo-lombana-hay-gente-asamblea Don’t go out on a limb or anything here…….”people in the Assembly should be in jail”. No shit Ricardo Lombana was the big surprise in the 2019 presidential elections, after obtaining an honorable third place with 368,962 votes, having surpassed the candidate of the then ruling Panameñista Party, and being a presidential candidate for…

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Martinelli has not even started campaigning, and slimy Gaby is full blast

https://www.laestrella.com.pa/nacional/230831/martinelli-carrizo-siguen-empate-tecnico As I have championed the voice of the working class before, Martinelli, who has been hunted like no other of the scheming Presidents of the past, has done his tme. Was exonerated. His children. done their time, paid back kick back funds, and also exonnerated in US courts, is still leading in early polls….

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REALIZING GOALS just getting started

The political party Realizando Metas, founded by Ricardo Martinelli, displaced the long-standing Panameñista Party from the third position with the most adherents. The last update of the Electoral Organization Directorate, dated August 17, details that RM reached a membership of 245,302 and thus becomes the third group with the most supporters. Ahead of RM are…

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Martinelli comes out firing to remind the press and the establishment why he remains a force/

https://www.laestrella.com.pa/nacional/230807/ricardo-martinelli-gente-vota The former President of the Republic, and presidential candidate for the Realizing Goals (RM) party, Ricardo Martinelli made a brief analysis of the country’s political situation, in the midst of the electoral process leading to the general elections on May 5, 2024 and stated that probably, after the elections, no one will have control…

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Martinelli opens up and fires into the judicial system that keeps coming at him

On a seperate note, I’m prtty sure I cam up with the term “Varelaleaks”. Check my old archive when I was opining on his relations with China. Oh well, didn’t copywrite it.   JB   https://www.laestrella.com.pa/nacional/230803/martinelli-cuestiona-sistema-judicial-sugiere Confident and confident that he will win the Presidency of the Republic in the general elections on May 5, 2024….

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Hollow victory for Spock over Abrego, as Martinelli character assassination continues

https://www.laestrella.com.pa/nacional/230713/230802-jose-stoute-roux-le-gano The recent internal elections of Cambio Democrático (CD) further clear the panorama regarding the electoral offer for 2024. With 52% of the votes, the president of CD, Rómulo Roux, prevailed over his rival, deputy Yanibel Ábrego, who obtained 46%. This represents a new victory over former President Ricardo Martinelli, who was the main political supporter…

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Jose Stout: “Spocks” hollow victory may actually uncover the worst prize he could imagine

The recent internal elections of Cambio Democrático (CD) further clear the panorama regarding the electoral offer for 2024. With 52% of the votes, the president of CD, Rómulo Roux, prevailed over his rival, deputy Yanibel Ábrego, who obtained 46%. This represents a new victory over former President Ricardo Martinelli, who was the main political supporter of…

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