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Chinchilla is Clear Frontrunner in Costa
Rica
(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Former
vice-president Laura Chinchilla is heavily
favoured to become the next president of
Costa Rica, according to a poll by
Demoscopía published in Al Día. 53 per cent
of respondents would vote for the candidate
of the ruling National Liberation Party (PLN)
in next year’s election.
Otto Guevara of the Libertarian Movement
(ML) is a distant second with 15.7 per cent,
followed by former economy minister Ottón
Solís of the Citizens Action Party (PAC)
with 12.3 per cent, and Luis Fishman of the
Social Christian Unity Party (PUCS) with 1.5
per cent.
The PLN’s Óscar Arias won the February 2006
presidential election with 40.92 per cent of
all cast ballots. Solís finished in second
place with 39.80 per cent. Arias had headed
the government from 1986 to 1990, and was
able to run again after the Costa Rican
Legislative Assembly opted to bring back
presidential re-election in 2003. He was
sworn in for the second time in May 2006.
In June, Chinchilla won the PLN’s nomination
in the party’s convention, defeating San
José mayor Johnny Araya Monge. Chinchilla
vowed to represent "continuity."
Last month, Chinchilla named scientist Alfio
Piva and businessman Luis Liberman as the
PLN’s vice-presidential candidates, as she
vowed to prioritize the environment and the
economy during her tenure if elected.
Piva declared: "Laura asked me to help her
in matters of sustainable development,
thinking of social and environmental
sustainability." Liberman mentioned that his
role will be to turn economic growth into "a
fundamental pillar of the social program."
The next presidential election in Costa Rica
is scheduled for Feb. 4, 2010.
Polling Data
Which of these candidates would you vote for
in the 2010 presidential election?
Laura Chinchilla (PLN) 53.0%
Otto Guevara (ML) 15.7%
Ottón Solís (PAC) 12.3%
Luis Fishman (PUSC) 1.5%
Other / None / Not sure 17.5%
Source: Demoscopía / Al Día
Methodology: Interviews with 1,216 Costa
Rican adults, conducted from Oct. 13 to Oct.
22, 2009. Margin of error is 2.8 per cent.
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