The goal was to topple the presidential candidacy of José Raúl Mulino at all costs, an objective set by his political rivals, a law firm, and media groups during the May 2024 electoral race. Notarized documents of WhatsApp conversations, from March 10 to May 23, involving one of the individuals used in this plot and attempt to overthrow the will of the Panamanian people, reveal for the first time the details of the plan, its faces, and names. Behind the operation emerge at least one name of a candidate who competed in that election, a renowned law firm, and a figure linked to digital and print media. Just two weeks after Mulino's resounding victory, Karisma Karamañites Testa, the author of the failed unconstitutionality lawsuit that sought to disqualify the current President of the Republic, felt abandoned by the people who incited and guided her to file the appeal with the goal of ousting Mulino. Following this abandonment, Karamañites went on May 28 to the Second Notary of the Circuit of Panama to notarize her chat exchanges with two people who would be key in this plot: lawyer Carlos Ernesto González Ramírez, a partner at the firm Morgan & Morgan, to which the then-presidential candidate Rómulo Roux also belongs. The other conversation notarized by Karamañites was with Annette Planells due to her connection and participation in the digital medium known as FOCO. 'How are you going to send me alone...,' she commented before sending him her photo on the steps of the Court.
Panama Political Scandal: Details of Plot to Overturn Mulino's Victory Revealed
A political plot in Panama against President José Raúl Mulino has been exposed. WhatsApp chats reveal the identities of politicians, lawyers, and journalists behind the attempt to overturn the results of the 2024 elections.