Former presidents Jose Maria Figueres (left) and Oscar Arias during a meeting at Balcon Verde in La Sabana
(QCOSTARICA) “Only dictators cling to power, or Jose Maria nor I are not,” were the words spoken by former president Oscar Arias during his meeting with former president Jose Maria Figueres, at the Balcon Verde, the Partido Liberacion Nacional (PLN) headquarters located in La Sabana.
Both are “committed democrats”, Don Oscar stressed.
The two former presidents are waging a personal pre-battle for the PLN party leadership for the 2018 presidential elections.
Neither Figueres, nor Arias have made a final decision, for now testing the waters of what either will do. For Figueres it would be his second mandate (1994-1998); for Arias 1986-1990 & 2006-2010) is third.
The meeting, some say, was Arias’
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