Ruling allows José Raúl Mulino to remain in race, after he himself replaced candidate excluded in February
Panama’s supreme court has rejected a move to disqualify the candidacy of the leading presidential contender, José Raúl Mulino, two days before the country’s election on Sunday.
The ruling early on Friday removes an element of uncertainty in the vote, but the country remains racked by social discontent, against a backdrop of mass protests, economic slowdown, drought in the Panama Canal and the closure of one of the world’s largest copper mines.
