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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
The runner-up presidential candidate of the Movimiento Otro Camino (Another Way Movement), Ricardo Lombana, recognizes Jose Raul Mulino as the winner of this year's presidential elections in Panama. "To all of our polling station representatives who are watching this, do not move or leave your polling stations," he says, "this isn't over yet." SOUNDBITE
Presidential candidate and former president of Panama Martin Torrijos casts his vote in the country's presidential elections. IMAGES
Panamanian presidential frontrunner and conservative lawyer Jose Raul Mulino, of the Realizing Goals (Realizando Metas) political party, casts his vote in the country's presidential elections. IMAGES
Panama's right-wing candidate Jose Raul Mulino holds his last rally ahead of the presidential election. Mulino, who served as security minister during Ricardo Martinelli's 2009-2014 presidency, is leading the race for the May 5 election, according to opinion polls. IMAGES