HolaB wrote:
Back to the original topic ........ anybody hearing any updated news?
From this mornings
Inside Costa Rica.
" Costa Rica Beats With One Heart As It Says "SÃ"
In the words of Costa Rican president, Oscar Arias Sanchéz, Costa Rica now beats with one heart and beginning today the country can begin to write a new future, now that the question of the Tratado de Libre Comercio (TLC) has been decided.
Well, almost.
Questions of fraud and irregularities by the "NO" in the way the "Si" campaign was directed and the accusations of use of government funds to promote the vote in favour of the trade deal, means a manual recount of all the votes, which could take as much as two weeks.
The final result, pending the recount, was 787.147 votes o 51.58% in favour and 738.949 votes or 48.42% against.
Voter participation was 60%, well above the 40% requirement stipulated by the TSE, and much higher that most of the presidential elections.
Broken down by province, San José, Cartago, Limón and Heredia all voted in favour of the trade deal, while residents of Alajuela, Puntarenas and Guanacaste said No.
Cartago had the greatest difference in the vote, with almost 13% margin, 56.47% voting Si while 43.53% voting No, while the rest of the provinces keeping within the overall margin.
"The borders that divide us disappear, an were not of the 'si' or 'no'... as president I am the first to submit to the process", said Arias from Casa Presidencial.
Some four blocks away, at the "No" campaign headquarters, Eugenio Trejos made a passionate call for calm and refused to recognize the majority vote of the "Si", and accompanied by Otton SoÃs and other leaders of the No movement, called for a scrutiny of all votes.
Pending any major changes in the voting results, the trade deal now goes back to the Legislative Assembly where deputies now have the duty ratify the trade deal and approve the parallel laws that compliment the TLC.
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