The Fifth Electoral Court, has Court, has admitted the challenges to the candidacies of ex-president Ricardo Martinelli, for the positions of mayor and deputy of the Circuit 8-8.

The fifth judge Elvia María Rengifo fulfilled the process of admitting the claims filed by Jonathan Carrión, Daniel Ramírez and Jorge Hernán Rubio.

The plaintiffs allege that Martinelli did not comply with the requirement to have his fixed address in Panama for his candidacies, because he was living in Miami, United States, from 2015 until last year when he was extradited in the to face trial for illegal surveillance of citizen communication.j