Easily surpassing his goal of 1 million votes Sunday night, President-elect Luis Guillermo SolÃs has claimed a mandate to govern, but the realities of running a government still loom, analysts said on Monday.
Barely a few minutes after Supreme Elections Tribunal President Luis Antonio Sobrado announced the first results of Sunday's presidential runoff, several business-sector representatives began emailing President-elect Luis Guillermo SolÃs – with copies sent to members of the press – their lists of policy recommendations and needs.
Political centrist Luis Guillermo SolÃs was elected president of Costa Rica in a runoff vote Sunday, becoming the first third-party candidate to win in decades.
The Tico Times published live election results in the runoff between Citizen Action Party (PAC) candidate Luis Guillermo SolÃs and National Liberation Party (PLN) candidate Johnny Araya as they arrived from the Supreme Elections Tribunal. The results began coming in at 8 p.m. Sunday night.
HEREDIA CENTRO – Kids of all ages joined the electoral party this Sunday to cast their symbolic votes for president in national children’s elections.
