Arias’ PLN Is First in
Costa Rica
(Angus Reid Global
Monitor) - The governing
Partido Liberación
Nacional (PLN) -
National Liberation
Party - is the most
popular political
organization in Costa
Rica, according to a
poll by Unimer published
in La Nación. 25 per
cent of respondents
would vote for the party
of current president
Óscar Arias in the next
legislative election.
The Partido Unidad
Social Cristiana (PUSC)
- Social Christian Unity
Party - is second with
16 per cent, followed by
the Partido Acción
Ciudadana (PAC) -
Citizens’ Action Party
with 12 per cent, and
the Movimiento
Libertario (ML) -
Libertarian Movement -
with three per cent.
Arias won the February
2006 presidential
election with 40.92 per
cent of all cast
ballots. Solís (PAC)
finished in second place
with 39.80 per cent.
Arias 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 the 2006 Legislative
election, the PLN
finished in first place
with 36.4 per cent of
the vote and 25 seats,
followed by the PAC with
25.8 per cent and 17
mandates, the ML with
9.1 per cent and six
seats, and the PUSC with
7.5 per cent and five
mandates.
In 1987, Arias was
awarded the Nobel Peace
Prize for his mediation
in a peace deal that
ended years of bloodshed
in Central America.
On Sept. 15, as Costa
Rica celebrated 187
years of independence,
Arias said that the
Central American country
"has become
ungovernable", and said
that a series of
"obstacles, barriers,
laws, an unjust press
and irrational parties"
have formed a "spider
web" that is impeding
him to fulfill his
vision for Costa Rica.
Polling Data
What party would you
vote for in the next
legislative election?
Partido Liberación
Nacional (PLN) -
25%
Partido Unidad Social
Cristiana (PUSC) -
16%
Partido Acción Ciudadana
(PAC) - 12%
Movimiento Libertario
(ML) - 3%
Source: Unimer / La
Nación
Methodology: Interviews
with 1,239 Costa Rican
adults, conducted from
Aug. 28 to Sept. 4,
2008. Margin of error is
2.8 per cent.
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