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Laura Assures She Has
Yet To Decide
Costa Rica's vice
president, Laura
Chinchilla, assures that
she has not yet decided
to make her bid for the
Partido Liberación
Nacional (PLN)
nomination for the 2010
presidential elections.
Unlike her former
cabinet colleague,
former ministro de
Seguridad, Fernando
Berrocal, who made his
announcement public on
Sunday, Chinchilla says
that the decision is
still on the "discussion
table".
In an interview with the
Spanish language daily,
Al Día, Chinchilla who
has been fingerpointed
by Costa Rican president
Oscar Arias as his
successor in 2010, said
that she will be making
a decision soon.
Chinchilla also said
that she saw no
significance in the
decision by Arias not to
delegate his
presidential powers last
week when he took a
short trip outside the
country.
Protocol calls for the
president to hand over
the presidential chair
for the vice-president
or following in line,
the president of the
Legislative Assembly.
The Prez did neither on
Thursday, saying that
technology would allow
him to govern from
outside Costa Rica's
territorial borders.
In fact during the
interview Chinchilla
defended Arias, but
refused to comment if
the action had anything
to do with her eventual
departure from
government.
Chinchilla said that
people tend to make
their own conclusion on
the events, adding that
the subject had been
discussed between her
and the prez when second
vice-president Kevin
Casas departed from
office.
Asked of her opinion as
to why Arias did not
call on her to
temporarily take over
the presidency,
Chinchilla said that
Arias, not matter if he
in Costa Rica or not, is
still the president and
in charge and said she
found it unusual that
the president would have
to leave behind his
mandate every time he
left the country and
that given today's
technology he can stay
in touch even though he
is away.
Chinchilla confirmed she
has total confidence in
the president and that
she has too much work to
tend to, pointing to the
mountain of work piling
up on her desk, to stop
to think about being
president.
If and when Chinchilla
decides to make her bid
for the party nomination
she would have to leave
the vice-presidency and
all her work behind.
Chinchilla said that
when she makes her
decision, giving no hint
whatsoever when that
would be, it would be to
act on the decision.
"When the moment comes I
will decide to cross the
river or not. For now,
it is only a subject for
discussion", said
Chinchilla.
Speculation is that
Chinchilla will leave
the announcement of the
decision to the last
possible moment legally
permitted. If she
decides for the party
nomination, her
departure will mean that
Costa Rica will not have
any of its two vice
presidents. |
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Laura Chinchilla Miranda (born 28 March 1959) is Costa
Rica's current vice-president and Ministra de
Justicia. |
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