Woman Leads Polls for
Panama Presidency
Panamanian Housing
Minister Balbina
Herrera, from the
Revolutionary Democratic
Party (PRD) is now the
favorite of the
Panamanian population to
become the president of
Panama in the elections
to be held in 2009.
Balbina Herrera, who
will be 53 on November
24, is a divorced mother
of three, and was at the
side of General Omar
Torrijos in 1969 when
PRD was founded.
Although she has
declared she simply
wants to be Panama City
mayor again, a post she
has held three times, as
well as that of
congresswoman, a PSM
Sigma Dos poll released
Monday revealed 27
percent of those
questioned chose Herrera
for president if the
elections were held
today.
Following Herrera are
Ricardo Martinelli (16
percent) and Alberto
Vallarino (11 percent),
trailed by ex President
Guillermo Endara and
current Panama City
Mayor Juan Carlos
Navarro (both with 10
percent), former PRD
president Ernesto Perez
Valladares (9 percent),
Juan Carlos Varela (4
percent) and current
Panamanian Foreign
Minister Samuel Lewis
Navarro with 2 percent.
The poll also evaluated
President Martin
Torrijos mandate, and he
received 48 percent of
acceptance, with 45
percent unhappy with his
administration. |
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