Mayoralty hopeful at full throttle

IF BALBINA Herrera ever becomes mayor of Panama the city can expect some lively times if her arrival at a PRD polling station on Sunday, June 2, is any indication.

She arrived set off early riding a Harley-Davidson motorcycle, accompanied by supporters on bikes.

Before embarking, Herrera spoke about her relationship with Roberto Velásquez, the candidate who had to drop out of the mayoral primary due to a recording that surfaced in which he allegedly threatened another candidate.
Herrera defended Velásquez, and he in turn he supported her for the mayor's position.
With murga music blaring in front of her house in Cerro Ancón at 7:30 a.m., Herrera said that Velasquez should have corrected his words.
"We exchanged emails, and I know what is happening," Herrera said. "A few years ago he experienced a similar situation."
Herrera, 59, and a ormer presidential candidate is in the midst of a complicated return to politics, “embodying the past and present of the country as few Panamanians before her” says La Prensa.