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Oscar Arias' Image Tarnishing, Latest Poll Reveals
The public image of Costa Rican president, Oscar Arias, is not as shiny as it was recently with only 27.5% of Costa Ricans polled say he is doing a "good" job.
According to a recent poll by Demoscopía for the Spanish language Al Día, last April 44.2% of Costa Rican said that Arias was doing a good job, while the number who say that he is doing a a "bad" job grew to 21.3%, up from the 13.2% in April. The poll shows that 50.7% of Costa Ricans say that the prez is doing a "regular" job, up from 42.1% in April.
In addition, Costa Ricans now feel that Arias is not making good on his election promises and that he is not managing well the country's finances.
In contrast to what Costa Ricans felt about their president in April, many are beginning to question his leadership, effectiveness as president, his values and vision for the future.
In general the image of the president is at a low from the high during his first two years in office.
over the management of government resources donated to the Banco Centroamericano de Integración Económica (BCIE) and the government of Taiwan, which were to be used to provide housing for the poor, but were used to pay consultants, according to investigations of La Nacion.
"Oscar has been living the glories of the past and is not guaranteeing the present. His image is very fragile and faced with the BCIE scandal does not have the forcefulness or the image positioning to save him", said Alberto Rodríguez, president of Demoscopía.
The confidence level of the public in their president and his ministers had diminished since last November when 39.8% of the people said they had "lots" of confidence, while today the confidence level is down to 25.4%.
Compared to Demoscopía polls taken in 2006 and 2007 more Costa Ricans today who doubt the capacity of their president and his knowledge of the realities of the country or his agility to make timely decisions.
Rodriguez argues that the fall the president's image goes beyond the cyclical and it will be quite difficult for him to regain the positive levels enjoyed during the first two years of his current administration.
"The Government has put all itse eggs in one basket, which is the Tratado Libre de Comercio (TLC) - North American Free Trade Agreement with the United States (NAFTA) and is devoid of any important project at the national level in other areas. Now you cannot grab at anything and the only thing left is the treaty which is moving slowly in the Legislative Assembly", said Rodriguez.
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