Realizing Goals (RM; es, Realizando Metas) is a

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Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Co ...

. It was recognized by the Electoral Tribunal of Panama on March 24, 2021. The party is led by the former

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Ricardo Martinelli Ricardo Alberto Martinelli Berrocal (born March 11, 1951) is a Panamanian politician and businessman who was the 36th president of Panama from 2009 to 2014. Early life Born in Panama City, Ricardo Martinelli is the son of Ricardo Martinell ...

. As of February 2023, the party had 234,634 members.

History

Realizing Goals was founded by

after splitting from the Democratic Change party. After

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was arrested for illegal wiretapping during his presidency on June 12, 2017,

Rómulo Roux Rómulo Alberto Roux Moses (born 8 January 1965) is a Panamanian politician, chairman of the party Democratic Change since January 2018.https://www.tvn-2.com/nacionales/politica/Romulo-Roux-Ricardo-Martinelli-CD-gano_0_4945755413.html (in Span ...

took over as a leader of the Democratic Change party. After

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

decided to renounce CD and create the Realizing Goals party. 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. As an alternative, several names were chosen using the initials of the former president

(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 nominated

as a presidential candidate, seeking his second presidential term.

References

{{Reflist Political parties established in 2021 Political parties in Panama