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\u00a0<\/span>Former President Ernesto Perez Balladares announced Monday his candidacy for the post of secretary-general of Panama’s main opposition Revolutionary Democratic Party, or PRD, which has lost two successive presidential elections.<\/p>\n

“This candidacy aims to reorient our dialogue with society, to rectify some mistakes, to reunify our forces, and to have a party primed and ready for the 2019 electoral contest,” Perez Balladares, who governed from 1994-1999, told a press conference.<\/p>\n

The PRD, founded in 1979 by Panama’s then-strongman, the late Omar Torrijos, is currently accepting bids from candidates for seats on its national executive committee.<\/p>\n

Roughly 4,200 delegates representing the PRD rank-and-file will choose among the candidates at their national convention in October.<\/p>\n

“I believe the party lost its way at some point and has not defined a clear direction”, Perez Balladares said. “And that, along with the internal fights and divisions, has led us to two electoral defeats.”<\/p>\n

Perez Balladares leads a slate of candidates that includes current PRD president Benicio Robinson, Carlos Perez Herrera and controversial businessman Ali Waked.<\/p>\n

With 475,422 registered members, the PRD is Panama’s largest political party, but though it won a plurality of congressional seats in 2014, the party’s grip on the legislature has weakened.<\/p>\n

“I have a responsibility before history and my conscience to try and revive this social movement,” Perez Balladares said Monday.<\/p>\n

The position of PRD secretary-general is seen as a springboard to the party’s presidential nomination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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