Berrocal
Betting On the "Silent Majority"
Fernando Berrocal, former ministra de
Seguridad, was at work at his law office
right up to hours before the opening of the
elections of a new leader by the Partido
Liberación Nacional (PLN).
Berrocal, like the other two candidates,
former vice-president, Laura Chinchilla, and
San Jose mayor (on temporary leave), Johnny
Araya, are seeking to be the PLN candidate
in today's vote and hopefully president in
the 2010 presidential elections.
Chinchilla and Araya have both been running
extensive media campaigns, while Berrocal
has been somewhat silent.
The former minister told a Spanish language
weekly earlier this week that he doesn't
have the funds to run an elaborate campaign
and is betting on the "silent majority" to
vote him, to elect him party candidate.
Berrocal added that he, unlike his
competitors, is using his savings to finance
the political campaign and has to continue
to work during the last six months to keep
his family fed.
The former minister assures that he has
tremendous support from a large number of
Costa Ricans who have been quiet during this
time leading up to the convention and is
confident that he will get their vote once
they are in the privacy of the elections
booth.
The former minister assures he has no
commitments to large organizations for
political power, nor with any of the major
economic interests in the country and thus
the reason people should vote for him.
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