Johnny Araya, the National Liberation Party’s disgraced former presidential candidate and former long-term mayor of Costa Rica's capital, denied recent rumors that he had meetings with leaders from the Accessibility Without Exclusion Party to run for mayor next year.
A National Liberation Party ethics committee on Tuesday night ordered former Costa Rican presidential candidate Johnny Araya Monge to refrain from participating in any political activities for a period of four years, as a result of his decision to drop out of the presidential race on March 5.
At 6 a.m. on Tuesday, Judicial Investigation Police agents raided the home of Jorge Sibaja RodrÃguez, a lawyer and member of the ruling Citizen Action Party. Police are investigating Sibaja's alleged use of forged documents to commit fraud against the Costa Rican Social Security System, or Caja, in April.
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.
