Realizing Goals

Political party in Panama

Realizing Goals (RM; Spanish: Realizando Metas) is a right-wing political party in Panama. It was recognized by the Electoral Tribunal of Panama on 24 March 2021.[12] The party is led by the former president of Panama, Ricardo Martinelli. As of February 2023, the party had 234,634 members.[13] It will become the ruling party once José Raúl Mulino becomes the president on 1 July 2024.

History

Realizing Goals was founded by Ricardo Martinelli after splitting from the Democratic Change (CD) party. After Martinelli was arrested for illegal wiretapping during his presidency on 12 June 2017, Rómulo Roux took over as a leader of the Democratic Change party.[14] After Martinelli was acquitted of the charges in August 2019, he demanded the renewal of CD's board of directors, but was rejected. In February 2020, a faction led by Martinelli decided to renounce CD and create the Realizing Goals party.[15]

Initially, the new party was proposed as the "Martinelist Party". However, the electoral regulations rejected it, as it is forbidden to name a party using the name of a living person.[15] As an alternative, several names were chosen using the initials of the former president Martinelli (RM), with Realizing Goals (Realizando Metas) being the most accepted. After holding a constitutive convention and collecting the necessary signatures, the electoral authorities officially recognized the party on 24 March 2021.

For the 2024 general election, the party initially nominated Martinelli as a presidential candidate, seeking his second presidential term.[16] After Martinelli was convicted on money laundering charges in July 2023, and the Supreme Court rejected his appeal on 2 February 2024, he was rendered ineligible to be president.[17] José Raúl Mulino, Martinelli's choice for vice president, became the party's candidate for President instead.[17]

Election results

Presidential elections

Election Candidate Votes Vote % Result
Party Alliance Total Party Alliance Total
2024 José Raúl Mulino 668,527 778,772 29.39 34.23 Green tickY Elected

National Assembly elections

Election Leader Votes % Seats +/– Government
2024 Ricardo Martinelli 367,378 17.17% (#1)
13 / 71
 New Government

PARLACEN elections

The amount of seats allocated for the PARLACEN is based on the vote share obtained by each party in the presidential election.

Election Leader Votes % Seats +/–
2024 Ricardo Martinelli 668,527 29.39% (#1)
9 / 20
 New

References

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  2. ^ "Prensa alemana: Israel indignado por decisión de Petro – DW – 03/05/2024". dw.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-05-06.
  3. ^ Iacomini, Franco (2024-05-02). "Si Panamá cierra el Tapón del Darién, ¿les importará a los evangélicos?". News & Reporting. Retrieved 2024-05-06.
  4. ^ "Encuesta Panamá: Mulino lidera con gran ventaja". Electomanía (in Spanish). 2024-05-02. Retrieved 2024-05-08.
  5. ^ Sottili, Pubblicato da Fabio (2024-05-01). "IL GIRAMONDO – Elezioni a Panama". Sondaggi Bidimedia - Il Blog (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-05-09.
  6. ^ "Panama court rules leading candidate Mulino may remain in presidential race". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-05-06.
  7. ^ "Panama votes on crowded field of presidential contenders". France 24. 2024-05-05. Retrieved 2024-05-06.
  8. ^ swissinfo.ch, S. W. I. (2023-02-28). "El expresidente panameño Martinelli, acusado de corrupción, inicia la carrera para reelegirse". SWI swissinfo.ch (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2024-05-06.
  9. ^ Semana (2024-05-03). "Fin de semana de elecciones presidenciales en Panamá: el Supremo descarta denuncia y avala la candidatura de José Raúl Mulino". Semana.com Últimas Noticias de Colombia y el Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-05-06.
  10. ^ "El Supremo de Panamá avala la candidatura de José Raúl Mulino, favorito a las elecciones de este domingo". LA NACION (in Spanish). 2024-05-03. Retrieved 2024-05-06.
  11. ^ "ALCALDES, REPRESENTANTES Y CONCEJALES 2019-2024" (PDF).
  12. ^ "Realizando Metas es reconocido como partido político". Tribunal Electoral de Panamá (in Spanish). 24 March 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  13. ^ "Inscritos en partidos políticos y proceso de recolección de firma hasta el 9 de Julio de 2021". Tribunal Electoral de (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  14. ^ "Simpatizantes del expresidente Martinelli anuncian nuevo partido político en Panamá". CNN en Español. 4 February 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  15. ^ a b "Ricardo Martinelli busca nombre para su nuevo partido". 13 February 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  16. ^ El Panamá América (2 April 2021). "Ricardo Martinelli: 'Voy a volver a ser el presidente de la prosperidad y la economía pujante'".
  17. ^ a b https://apnews.com/article/panama-ricardo-martinelli-president-432be99db9fc43d53a4d7aa52c1b45df
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Independent group (20)
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