RACSA's New Head Would Earn ¢128 Million For Only Six Months Work
Having powerful friends, in this case, a wife, can be rewarding as the case of Róger Carvajal, who is currently the executive president of the Instituto Nacional de Aprendizaje (INA), who also happens to be the husband of Costa Rica's vice-president, Lineth Saborío.

Carvajal, if approved, will be moving to head the Radiográfica Costarricense S.A. (Racsa) - the company that provides us with internet service - and will earn a salary of ¢128 million colones (us$255.000) and for only six months work.

The position is for a six year period, but since we are in the an election year, the new government which officials takes power on May 8 reserves may wish to make changes, spearheaded by the future president of the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) and president of Racsa's board of directors, who opposes the naming of Carjaval. In effect, if Carvajal is given the position, he would be there only until August.

But the controversy doesn't end there. The Ley contra la Corrupción y el Enriquecimiento Ilícito (anticorruption laws) can come into play in giving Carjaval the position, since the job of president has to be by election by Racsa's board of directors, then by ICE's board and open to national and international competition for the best candidate.

Most of Racsa's board of directors are keeping quiet on the subject. Some who have spoken public are denying any influence on the decision and say would vote for Carvajal if he is the most qualified person for the position.

President Pacheco is also being accused of patronage, especially when he announced earlier this week, at a press conference, that he is thinking naming his son for the six position as head of the Junta de Administración Portuaria y de Desarrollo Económico de la Vertiente Atlántica (Japdeva).