José Raúl Mulino Officially Proclaimed President of Panama

José Raúl Mulino was proclaimed May 9 of 2024, as elected president of the Republic for the period 2024-2029, after managing to win the general elections with 778,763 votes, which represents 34.23% of those who participated.  

 

After his proclamation as president of Panama for the period 2024-2029, José Raúl Mulino began to build bridges to the independent group that has 20 deputies in the National Assembly, a force that he considers the “true opposition.”  For now, the National Assembly is made up of 20 independent deputies, 14 from the Realizing Goals party, which led Mulino to the presidency, 13 from the Democratic Revolutionary Party, 8 from the Panameñista Party, 8 from Cambio Democratico; 3 of the Another Path Movement; 2 from the Popular Party; 2 Alliance; and 1 from the Nationalist Republican Liberal Movement. 

 

During his speech, he also referred to the migration that, for the most part, enters through the Darién border, an odyssey that, in his opinion, has no reason to exist. “Darién is not a transit route, it is our border,” therefore, he stated that he has already begun to speak to begin a repatriation process with respect for human rights. Here, whoever arrives will be returned to his country.”  Regarding his political adversaries, he stated that they will meet in the Presidency of the Republic after July 1. His meetings, he assured, will be “public.”