Q COSTARICA — The Chavista party, Pueblo Soberano (PPSO), behind closed doors and without access to the media after a prolonged sit-in on Sunday, chose its candidates for legislators.
The rally to define the list of legislative candidates in each province began at 9:30 am and lasted until the evening.
Among the candidates for a legislative seat are former ministers and state institution heads who resigned from Rodrigo Chaves’ Cabinet, such as Nogui Acosta (former finance minister), Stephan Brunner (former Vice-president), Anna Müller (former Minister of Education), and Esmeralda Briton (former president of the State lottery); the president’s personal lawyer (José Miguel Villalobos); former officials investigated in the Barrenador Case, such as Marta Esquivel (former president of the CCSS) and María Isabel Camareno (former CCSS board member); former Minister of Culture dismissed by Chaves, Nayuribe Guadamuz; as well as several influencers and TikTokers close to the government, such as Robert Junior, among others.
Chaves’ former finance minister and former vice-president will lead the ticket in the first place for San José.
Reports indicated that presidential candidate Laura Fernández was the one who chose and defined the order of the list for the different provinces. This despite an express prohibition by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE).
Open Cases
Of the official candidates, Marta Esquivel, Nogui Acosta, Stephan Brunner, Juan Manuel Quesada, and Esmeralda Britton have 30 criminal cases pending before the Public Prosecutor’s Office during their time in Rodrigo Chaves’s Cabinet.
Registration requirements for candidates to the Legislative Assembly
The legal qualifications to become a candidate to be elected to the Legislative Assembly are: be at least 21 years of age, and hold citizenship. For naturalized citizens, there is a requirement of a minimum of ten years of residence in the country after having obtained citizenship.
Only the candidates nominated by the parties registered in the Civil Registry are entitled to participate in the elections to the Legislative Assembly and the President.
See here for an English translation of Costa Rica’s Electoral Act, certified by the American
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