Out with the old, In with the new...

And a petition for the date.

 

 With a brand new congress and a clean sweep of ministers and heads of agencies, Oscar Arias Sanchez was inaugurated President of Costa Rica today, ushering in a long needed change to this central american country of more than four million.

We recall that only weeks after the last inauguration of former president Pacheco in the year 2002, the offices of Luis Enrique Villalobos were raided and shut down by an arbitrary and illegal police action led by, among others, Minister of Security Rogelio Ramos, whose other claims to fame include raiding bars and tourist hot spots and the deportation of illegal immigrants, but failed to stem the rising tide of the real delinquents on the streets.

However, what comes around, goes around, and we can report to you this evening that both Pacheco and Ramos, along with the long list of losers who stumbled incompetently for four years and hurt many people along the way, have themselves been deported from the government and into the trash heap of history.

Good riddance!

In other matters, we can inform you that defense lawyers followed up the recent high court decision with an official petition to the Tribunal, that they respect the order issued by the Constitutional Court and immediately assign a date of trial.  No response yet, but with the government's new look, perhaps we can be more hopeful that our logjam could break.

Let us begin the final phase without further delay.

We will keep you informed.

Thank you.

 

 

Grupo UCCR
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