{"id":14261,"date":"2014-05-05T08:41:13","date_gmt":"2014-05-05T08:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/opposition-leader-wins-panama-presidential\/"},"modified":"2014-05-05T08:43:20","modified_gmt":"2014-05-05T08:43:20","slug":"opposition-leader-wins-panama-presidential","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/opposition-leader-wins-panama-presidential\/","title":{"rendered":"Opposition Leader Wins Panama Presidential Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"

{{Opposition leader Juan Carlos Varela has won the presidential election in Panama with almost 40% of the votes.}}<\/p>\n

Mr Varela, who is currently the vice-president, had distanced himself from outgoing President Ricardo Martinelli.<\/p>\n

Correspondents say Mr Varela has taken credit for Mr Martinelli’s economic success, but has promised a cleaner, more transparent government.<\/p>\n

The president’s preferred candidate, the governing party contender Jose Domingo Arias, came second.<\/p>\n

{{‘May God help us’}}<\/p>\n

President Martinelli had actively supported the campaign of Mr Arias, 50, and the leader’s wife Marta Linares was the candidate’s running mate.<\/p>\n

Critics said his support for the Arias-Linares team was an attempt by Mr Martinelli to hold on to the reins of power.<\/p>\n

Under the Panamanian constitution, presidents are obliged to step down after one term and are banned from running for the two following terms.<\/p>\n

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