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Vargas Calls Arias Criticism Of Chinchilla Government Tacky

The ministro de la Presidencia, Marco Vargas, described as a lack of nobility, launching his attack against criticism by the former ministro de la Presidencia, Rodrigo Arias, against the government of Laura Chinchilla.

Last week Arias visited Casa Presidencial, weeks after leaving office, to meet with president Chinchilla after getting a call from the president’s secretary.

However, Casa Presidencial, in a press conference said that presidenta Chinchilla did not make the call for Arias and it was the former minister to make contact and call for an appointment.

Arias, following the meeting, said to the press he doesn’t see Chinchilla as president, but rather a former colleague.

Vargas, who was a minister in the Arias administration, responded by saying that it tacky for Arias to me making such a statement so early in the Chinchilla administration, different in a couple of years.

“It is not important what Rodrigo Arias thinks of presidenta Chinchilla, it is how the Costa Rican people see her”, said Vargas.

Before leaving office Rodrigo Arias had hinted at possibly running for president in 2014. During the past weeks it has become evident that the Arias presidential campaigning has begun.

Rodrigo Arias is brother of two-time president and Nobel prize winner, Oscar Arias.