Prez Said Will Do All He
Can For Woman To
Replace Him In 2010
Costa Rican president,
Oscar Arias, said
yesterday that he will
do all that is possible
so as that a woman takes
over his presidential
chair in 2010.
Arias made the statement
while speaking to a
crown in Alajuela about
the appointment of
Jeannina del Vecchio as
the new minsitra de
Seguridad Pública,
adding that the
criticism that has been
launched against Del
Vecchio is based in
"machismo".
"This machismo really
bothers me, it huts
because I will not pause
in the fight to give
women more opportunities
in all fields, the
higher their reach, the
better", said Arias.
"I will do all that I
can to have a woman
candidate for the
presidency to take over
from me. It would be the
first time in Costa Rica
because we are falling
behind. Nicaragua
already had, Chile has,
as well as Argentina and
Germany, and England
had", said Arias.
Arias declared that the
time has come for women
to occupy important
positions and asked that
Costa Rican place their
trust in Del Vecchio as
she has the capacity to
make important
decisions.
The front runner in a
possible woman candidate
for the 2010
presidential elections
is Laura Chinchilla.
Chinchilla is currently
the country's
vice-president, minister
de Justicia (justice
minister) and interim
ministra de Seguridad
until Del Vecchio takes
over the post later this
month.
Chinchilla has been the
focus of Arias'
attention in the past
couple of weeks, as she
has been prominent in
major decision and
announcements.
"she is a woman with a
great vocation to public
service, has
demonstrated such in all
her positions
leadership,
responsibility and a
hard worker", said Arias
of Chinchilla.
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