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Pacheco
Gets Poor Marks On His Final
Report Card
President Abel Pacheco is set to
step down from the presidency in
a few days, however, he has
already received his report card
from the Costa Rican public, who
gave him a 5.3 grade average.
During his four years in office,
the president received better
grades, reaching a high of 6.4,
however during the past year, he
has consistently dropped his
grades.
The figures are from a poll
taken by the Instituto de
Estudios en Población de la
Universidad Nacional (UNA),
which showed that president
lacked the capacity to govern,
was not decisive and basically
"did nothing".
On the positive side, Costa
Ricans believe president Pacheco
did make an honest effort to
control corruption and made some
changes in favour of the
environment.
Norman Solórzano, an
investigator for the UNA said
that Costa Rican have high
expectation of the new
government led by Oscar Arias,
who will take office at noon on
May 8, and believe that the
change in government will be a
good opportunity for the country
to move forward.
The expert said that Ticos
(Costa Ricans) have a good
perception of the achievements
of the new president, especially
in the areas of enriching
diplomatic and commercial
relations with more foreign
governments; however, only half
of those interviewed saw a real
chance for the fight against
poverty and corruption.
Topping the list of priorities
for the new government is fixing
the roads, those interviewed
said, followed by problems in
education and unemployment.
The poll was taken between April
20 and 26 of this year,
interviewing 600 adults by
telephone.
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