2010 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
Chinchilla Leads,
Guevara Gains
(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Laura
Chinchilla remains the frontrunner ahead of
this weekend’s presidential election in
Costa Rica but her main opponent is gaining
momentum, according to a poll by Demoscopía
published in Al Día. 45.1 per cent of
respondents would vote for the candidate of
the governing Liberal National Party (PLN)
in the upcoming ballot, down 1.5 points
since December.
Otto Guevara of the Libertarian Movement
(ML) is second with 30.1 per cent, up 10.6
points in a month.
Former economy minister Ottón Solís of the
Citizens Action Party (PAC) is third with
9.5 per cent, followed by Luis Fishman of
the Social Christian Unity Party (PUCS) with
3.8 per cent.
Under current regulations, a presidential
run-off would be required if none of the
presidential candidates garner more than 40
per cent of the vote on election day.
The PLN’s Óscar Arias won the February 2006
presidential election with 40.92 per cent of
all cast ballots.
Solís finished in second place with 39.80
per cent. Arias had 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.
On Feb. 1, Guevara proposed holding an
"official conversation on whether we [Costa
Rica] should follow the steps of countries
like Ecuador, El Salvador and Panama," which
have dollarized economies, adding, "The
Central Bank authorities have so far been
completely incompetent in taking care of the
value of the Costa Rican currency."
Costa Ricans will vote in a general election
on Feb. 7. |
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