A Tight Electoral Race Indeed: No Major Changes in Policy Ahead, But Huge Challenges for the Winner

PANAMA - Report 29 Apr 2014 by Marco Fernandez and Guillermo Chapman
After months of intoxicating electoral campaigning (with negative ads and character assassination included) on Sunday, May 4 general elections will take place. Seven presidential candidates, 71 legislative hopefuls, 77 district mayors and 648 prospective local authorities will face a voting pool of 2,457,401 citizens for guiding the administration during a five-year term (July 2014-June 2019). The expected turnout is around 70%, the usual high percentage for a country where voting is not compulsory in a first-to-the-tape voting system. This high figure is due to the several factors: a large...

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