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Panama's president-elect Jose Raul Mulino says he is "nobody's puppet," a reference to former president Ricardo Martinelli (2009-2014), whom he replaced as a candidate after being convicted of money laundering and taking refuge in the Nicaraguan embassy. "I'm not here because someone put me here," he says to cheers from the crowd during his victory speech at a Panama City hotel. SOUNDBITE
Right-wing lawyer Jose Raul Mulino accepts victory as Panama's president-elect with 34% of the vote, nine points above his immediate follower, announced the Electoral Tribunal after 90% of the polling stations had been counted. "I accept the results expressed, which represent the will of the majority of Panamanians within our democracy," he says. SOUNDBITE
With three days to go to presidential elections in Panama, supporters of candidates for the Otro Camino party, Ricardo Lombana, and for the Realizando Metas party, Jose Raul Mulino, attend campaign rallies in the capital. IMAGES
Panama's President Laurentino Cortizo casting his vote at a polling station in Panama City. The vote comes as Panama is grappling with deep-rooted corruption, a severe drought that has hobbled its economically critical Panama Canal, and a stream of US-bound migrants passing through its jungles. IMAGES
Presidential candidate and former president of Panama Martin Torrijos casts his vote in the country's presidential elections. IMAGES
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