Francisco Antonio Pacheco, candidate of the National Liberation Party, was reelected on Thursday for his third consecutive year as president of Costa Rica's Legislative Assembly.
Pacheco received 29 votes, including 25 from his party members and four from independent legislators, and his competitor, Elizabeth Fonseca, who was head of the opposition Citizen Action Party, got 15 votes.
Five legislators abstained from voting.
The president of the Legislative Assembly is the third successor to take the country's presidency when the president is absent.
On each May 1, the Legislative Assembly holds a plenary session to elect its president for the next year.
Source: Xinhua
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