Presidenta Laura Chinchilla: You're "Virtually" Fired!

"Dear Mrs. Laura: you're fired!", writes columnist Edgar Espinoza published in CRHOY, explaining that Costa Rica's political system is not designed to remove incompetent presidents, but there are extraordinary means to achieve something similar that serves as consolation and relief for citizens.


Columnist Edgar Espinoza  says presidenta should do the right thing and resign.

Espinoza says one way is by the ethical way, offering the president in question the dignified option to "return the flag, grab its motets and go home to sew and sing. All that is needed is to take the historic step and honesty".

In the case of our Presidenta, she has not wanted to take this moral privilege and leave office with her head high and give the people a break and allow them to move forward to a promising future.

"A lady like her does not meet the conditions necessary to lead the country in need of urgent and clear goals", says Espinoza, who calls on the Presidenta to have the nobility to offer her political head for the country.

Espinoza writes that another way for doña Laura to step down is by way of religion, to which the Presidenta is not far removed.

"Given the succession of errors of her government, no decimated by internal squabbles of every flavour and colour raising the presidential prayers to the heavens, she could give up power", says Espinoza.

The writer points out that errors have turned into horrors. One example of the horror is the refusal to fire René Castro, who lead the Isla Calero issue in the conflict with Nicaragua, as minister of Foreign Affairs and then with the issue "the Trocha", as minister of the Environment, that has led to scandals and allegations of corruption and payoffs.


La Trocha, the multimillion dollar road construction project parallel to the San Juan river. The photo shows the final condition of the project that has been mired in scandals, alleged corruption including the firing of a minister and allegations of payoffs at many levels

Espinoza asks "why has he not left?", an act that he cannot easily forgive the Presidenta and is clear of her position when choosing between the country and a friend.

Then there is the option of a coup, which political "theologians" are opposed on the grounds that it would be an affront to democracy.

In the case of a coup against a "fine" lady, it would be a fine coup, gentlemanly and never with guns but with a bottle of good red wine to convince her", says Espinoza. The columnist says the argument could be made to her that the country needs a good civilian board who acts as a Bailey bridge to help the country move forward and cover the gap.

Espinoza suggests that a mechanism be devised to oust a ruler for their actions or omissions which causes harm to the country.

So, judging by the revelations of the surveys, the comments on the social networks and the media, doña Laura, according to Espinoza, is already virtually fired as presidenta.