Which way will Costa Rica go now?

The President elected with 80% of the votes in the second round, historian and professor Luis Guillermo Solis will have to clear up as soon as possible the uncertainty surrounding the practical line of his government.

Monday, April 7, 2014

Editorial

When it is not essential, as it apparently is, to say in every place what the voters from each district want to hear, the President-elect Luis Guillermo Solís will have to make concrete decisions, and implement them:

Less FTAs? Reviews of those already signed?
Less trade liberalization abroad as touted by Vice President-elect Helio Fallas? More free zones or less free zones ?
More State to run social policy?
Will he really not promote more or new taxes in the first two years in office?
How will he curb government spending without touching the very fat payroll of public officials?
How to make Congress, where only 20% of MPs "belong" to his party and where his two main references have announced their desire to run for the presidency of the Legislative Board, approve legislative reforms or new rules?
What will he do to avoid disappointing the vast number of voters -he is the elected president with the most votes in the history of Costa Rica- to create the change that these voters demonstrated that they want?

In order to overcome at least some of the formidable obstacles that await him in his work, President Solis must have the support of the sectors responsible for the actual production of the country, and the rest, those who live off assured salaries, will surely cling to their privileges - "acquired rights" as they say, and they will refuse to change.

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