Realizing Goals

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Realizing Goals
Realizando Metas
AbbreviationRM
Leader Ricardo Martinelli
Chairman Vicente Enrique Gálvez
Secretary Luis Eduardo Camacho
Founder Ricardo Martinelli
Founded24 March 2021
Split from Democratic Change
Youth wing Juventud RM
Membership (2023)234,634 affiliates
Ideology Personalismo [1]
Conservatism [2]
Right-wing populism [3]
Economic liberalism [4]
Conservative liberalism [5]
Political position Right-wing [6] [7] [8] to far-right [9] [10]
Slogan¡Súmate! (Join us!)
National Assembly
14 / 71
District Mayors [11]
12 / 81
Corregimiento Representatives
0 / 702
Seats in the Central American Parliament (Panamanian seats)
9 / 20
Website
somosrmpa.com

Realizing Goals (RM; Spanish : Realizando Metas) is a right-wing political party in Panama. It was recognized by the Electoral Tribunal of Panama on March 24, 2021. [12] The party is led by the former president of Panama, Ricardo Martinelli. As of February 2023, the party had 234,634 members. [13] It will become the ruling party after the 2024 Panamanian general election.

History

Realizing Goals was founded by Ricardo Martinelli after splitting from the Democratic Change (CD) party. After Martinelli was arrested for illegal wiretapping during his presidency on June 12, 2017, Rómulo Roux took over as a leader of the Democratic Change party. [14] After Martinelli was acquitted of the charges in August 2019, he demanded the renewal of CD's board of directors, but was rejected. In February 2020, a faction led by Martinelli decided to renounce CD and create the Realizing Goals party. [15]

Initially, the new party was proposed as the "Martinelist Party". However, the electoral regulations rejected it, as it is forbidden to name a party using the name of a living person. [15] As an alternative, several names were chosen using the initials of the former president Martinelli (RM), with Realizing Goals (Realizando Metas) being the most accepted. After holding a constitutive convention and collecting the necessary signatures, the electoral authorities officially recognized the party on March 24, 2021.

For the 2024 general election, the party initially nominated Martinelli as a presidential candidate, seeking his second presidential term. [16] After Martinelli was convicted on money laundering charges in July 2023, and the Supreme Court rejected his appeal on 2 February 2024, he was rendered ineligible to be president. [17] Jose Mulino, Martinelli's choice for vice president, will be the party's candidate for President instead. [17]

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  11. ↑ "ALCALDES, REPRESENTANTES Y CONCEJALES 2019-2024" (PDF).
  12. ↑ "Realizando Metas es reconocido como partido político". Tribunal Electoral de Panamá (in Spanish). 24 March 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
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  14. ↑ CNN en Español (4 February 2020). "Simpatizantes del expresidente Martinelli anuncian nuevo partido político en Panamá" . Retrieved 2 April 2021.{{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
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  16. ↑ El Panamá América (2 April 2021). "Ricardo Martinelli: 'Voy a volver a ser el presidente de la prosperidad y la economía pujante'".
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