Former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli Disqualified from Presidential Race Due to Money Laundering Conviction
Panama’s Electoral Tribunal has made a decisive move by disqualifying former President Ricardo Martinelli from the upcoming presidential election scheduled for May. The decision, announced by the tribunal’s president Alfredo Junca, comes in light of Martinelli’s nearly 11-year prison sentence for money laundering, effectively ending his hopes of re-election. Martinelli, a prominent figure in Panamanian…