Piva Assumes
Presidency
Today, Albeit
Temporarily
Although Costa
Rica inaugurated
its new
president last
Saturday (May
8), today,
Saturday, May
15, Costa Rica
has again a new
president,
albeit it
temporarily
while Laura
Chinchilla is in
Spain to
finalize the
trade agreement
deal with the
European Union.
In Costa Rica
when the
president in
incapacitated or
away from the
country, the
first
vice-president
get the nod to
steer the
country and down
the line to the
second-vice
president, the
president of the
Legislative
Assembly and so
on down the
line.
So, today, after
5pm, Alfio Piva
Mesén, is acting
president until
doña Laura gets
back.
The exception to
the above was
precedented by
former president
oscar Arias
(2006-2010), who
was left without
his two
vice-presidents
during the last
year of his
administration
and managed the
country remotely
by telephone and
internet.
Accompanying
Chinchilla on
her European
trip is Manuel
Rodríguez,
president of the
Unión de Cámaras
y Asociaciones
de la Empresa
Privada (Uccaep),
Álvaro Sáenz,
president of the
Cámara de
Agricultura y
Agroindustria,
Enrique Acosta,
president of
theMovimiento
Solidarista and
Xiomara Rojas,
secretaria
general del
Sindicato
Independiente de
Trabajadores
Estatales
Costarricenses (Siteco).
Negotiations for
a trade deal
with Europe
began two years
ago (Chinchilla
was
vice-president
at the time).
There is all
expectations
that Chinchilla
will be back in
Costa Rica in
the coming week
with a signed
deal.
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