Sunday 21 September
2008, San José, Costa
Rica
Only 311 Patrol
Vehicles To Cover 35.000 Kms Of Roads
Chinchilla Says Zuņiga
Decision Changes Nothing
Program Urges Drivers To
Use Child Restraints
Floating Restaurant A
Treat For Visitors Of
San Lucas
Consumption Recedes
Remittances Decelerate
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Chinchilla Says Zuņiga
Decision Changes Nothing
Costa Rica's vice
president and ministra
de Justicia, Laura
Chinchilla, said that
the decision of ministro
de Hacienda, Guillermo
Zúņiga, to run for the
nomination for the
Partido Liberaciķn
Nacional (PLN) for the
2010 presidential
elections, changes
nothing.
"No cambian Nada" where
the words spoken by
Chinchilla whose
presidential aspirations
are still to be made
public after her fellow
cabinet minister made
his decision public on
Friday.
Chinchilla did not say
any more than the few
words yesterday after
leaving a meeting with
Costa Rican president
Oscar Arias at his home
in Rohrmoser.
Chinchilla is seen as
the favourite to lead
the PLN party and win
the 2010 presidential
elections and is
president Arias' choice
to take over when he
leaves office.
The Tribunal Supremo de
Elecciones (TSE) -
elections supreme court
- scolded the president
earlier this year for
his public comments of
his wishes that a woman
replace him, offering no
doubt that his comments
were directly referring
to Chinchilla. Since
then Arias has been
quiet - at least
publicly - on his wishes
for a president
Chinchilla.
Chinchilla has preferred
not to comment on the
subject and has been
concentrating on her
work, whose role in
government has increased
since the her
appointment in 2006, as
has her public
visibility.
Zuņiga said during his
announcement to seek the
party nomination that he
has the backing of the "Arismo"
- a group of staunch
Arias supporters - and
the support of the Arias
brothers (president
Arias and his brother,
the ministro de la
presidencia, Rodrigo).
However, president Oscar
publicly denied any
favouritsm for Zuņiga
following the Hacienda
minister's comments. "I
have never spoken to don
Guillermo on election
matters", said Arias.
When, and not if,
Chinchilla does make her
decision to run, the
Arias cabinet will be
short to key ministers,
as both Zuņiga and
Chinchilla will have to
resign their posts not
later than January, who
will face opposition
from San José mayor,
Johnny Araya and former
security minister,
Fernando Berrocal, for
the party nomination. |
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Vice president and minsitra de Justicia, Laura
Chinchilla, is expected to run for the PLN party
nomination to run for president in 2010 |
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