Chinchilla Expected To
Resign Next Month As VP
To Run For President
Costa Rican
vice-president, Laura
Chinchilla, is expected
to announce her
resignation next month
and announce her
presidential candidacy
for the Partido
Liberación Nacional (PLN)
party, for the 2010
presidential elections.
Although the VP, who
also holds the position
of the Ministra de
Justicia (Justice
Minister), has not made
her candidacy official,
not has yet tendered her
resignation to president
Arias.
She did, however,
comment during a recent
cabinet meeting of her
desire to be president.
"It is a legitimate
aspiration, especially
for people who've been
close to the civil
service. One cannot be
clearing up what is said
or not said. I have to
concentrate on my work",
said Chinchilla.
In many words, the VP
has opened the door that
she is intending to run
for the party nomination
and wants to succeed
Arias, who earlier this
year, without naming
Chinchilla directly,
stated that he would
like to see a woman
succedd him.
Chinchilla will have to
wait resign her VP chair
until next month due to
the fact that president
Arias is currently of
the country on a tour of
Europe, due back on the
12th, and then will
follow with a trip to
the United States
between September 22 and
25.
In addition to the
Chinchilla resignation,
the president of the
Legislative Assembly,
Francisco Antonio Pacheo,
will also have to resign
his post as he is the
successor in line to
replace Arias when the
president is not in the
country or incapacitaded.
Chinchilla will face
some strong competition
for the PLN nomination
as the mayor of San
José, Johnny Araya Monge,
and the former ministro
de Seguridad , Fernando
Berrocal Soto, have
already made official
their intention to seek
the party leadership
nomination.
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