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Panama's president-elect Jose Raul Mulino says he is "nobody's puppet," a reference to former president Ricardo Martinelli (2009-2014), whom he replaced as a candidate after being convicted of money laundering and taking refuge in the Nicaraguan embassy. "I'm not here because someone put me here," he says to cheers from the crowd during his victory speech at a Panama City hotel. SOUNDBITE
Right-wing lawyer Jose Raul Mulino accepts victory as Panama's president-elect with 34% of the vote, nine points above his immediate follower, announced the Electoral Tribunal after 90% of the polling stations had been counted. "I accept the results expressed, which represent the will of the majority of Panamanians within our democracy," he says. SOUNDBITE
The runner-up presidential candidate of the Movimiento Otro Camino (Another Way Movement), Ricardo Lombana, recognizes Jose Raul Mulino as the winner of this year's presidential elections in Panama. "To all of our polling station representatives who are watching this, do not move or leave your polling stations," he says, "this isn't over yet." SOUNDBITE
South Africa's Cyril Ramaphosa is sworn in for a second full term as president at a ceremony in Pretoria, after his weakened African National Congress (ANC) struck a government coalition deal. IMAGES TO GO WITH 34XJ66Z
Taiwan swears in Lai Ching-te as president Monday during a ceremony attended by dozens of foreign delegations. Lai, who previously held the office of vice president under outgoing president Tsai Ing-wen, took an oath at the Presidential Office. His deputy Hsiao Bi-khim was sworn in after him. IMAGES
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