The presidential candidate from the Libertarian Movement party is proposing freezing the state's payroll and implementing productivity based wages.
The Libertarian Movement (Movimiento Libertario) party said that a new government would slow hiring in the public sector and apply wages according to productivity, as they are applied in the private sector.
The virtual tie in the polls of candidates from the left, center and right is causing concern among employers.
With less than three weeks to go before the elections for the Presidency and Members of the Legislative Assembly, a poll has shown there is a tie for the top position, according to voter intentions, out of the three parties with distinct government programs, generating uncertainty about the changes to the business environment which could occur during the next term of government in the country.
Laura Chinchilla, from “Liberación Nacional”, the party in power, was elected as president for the 2010-2014 term.
Chinchilla obtained 46.8% of the casted votes, followed by Ottón Solís with 25.1%. However, Costa Ricans didn’t favored Chinchilla so much in the Legislative Assembly, as her party obtained 23 seats out of a total 57. In her acceptance speech, Chinchilla anticipated that “her goal is now clear: negotiating with the rest of the participants”.