Vallarino can run for mayor says Electoral Tribunal

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  • 16/04/2009 02:00
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PANAMA. After two weeks of uncertainty about the political future of the Alliance for Change mayoralty candidate, Bosco Vallarino, the ...

PANAMA. After two weeks of uncertainty about the political future of the Alliance for Change mayoralty candidate, Bosco Vallarino, the judges of the Electoral Tribunal signed a resolution allowing him to run in the May 3 elections.

Minutes before, the electoral prosecutor Boris Barrios presented a petition to the judges requesting the withdrawal of the document that asked the suspension of Vallarino as candidate for having dual nationality.

The Civil Registry certified that Vallarino has a Panamanian nationality.

The case could open the floodgate because it implies that Panamanians with dual nationality could vote or run for public office although it clearly violates the constitution.

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