Solís Gets Third Chance To Be President of Costa Rica
The Partico Accion Cuidana (PAC) hosted its
first convention since its formation in 2000, where three
contenders vied for the leadership nod to lead the party
into the 2010 presidential elections, finally electing party
founder, Ottón Solís.
This will be the third chance for Solís to become president.
The 55 year old economist has been at the
helm of a party that he founded in 2000,
making his first presidential bid in 2001
and almost winning it in 2006, when he came
within a few votes of beating Oscar Arias.
With only 366 of the 411 voting stations reporting, Solís
had an overall 71% support for the leadership, while Epsy
Campbell saw a 18% support and third runner, Román Macaya,
with only 10%.
The major support for Solís came from San José.
Selma Alarcón, president of the Tribunal Interno de
Elecciones (TEI) del PAC (internal party elections
committee) said that of the 67.170 people registered to
vote, only 19.000 or so actually voted and that the official
results would be available on Tuesday after the elections
committee meets and reviews the manual count of all votes.
Yesterday's public vote was the first for a party that has
dealt with its issues behind closed doors since its
inception, and grew to a major political force in less than
a decade, derailing the PUSC party from its traditional role
of alternating opposition with the PLN.
Epsy Campbell was the responsible for the change in the
party, first announcing her decision to seek out the party
nomination, then demanding that the party open its elections
to the public and converting herself as the opposition to Ottón Solís
and possibly becoming the first woman and black president in
Costa Rica.
Graphic courtesy: Diario
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