Social Christian Unity Party presidential primary, 2017
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Rodolfo Piza
Social Christian Unity
Rodolfo Piza
Social Christian Unity
The Social Christian Unity Party (PUSC) presidential primary of 2017 or Social Christian National Convention as is known in Spanish is an electoral process for the selection of the party’s presidential candidate for the Costa Rican general election, 2018 and was scheduled for June 4, 2017.
The two main pre-candidates are previous presidential candidate, former PUSC's Secretary General and president of the Costa Rican Department of Social Security Rodolfo Piza, and current deputy, former President of Congress and former president of Liga Deportiva Alajuelense football team Rafael Ortiz.
Piza, a lawyer and businessman, was PUSC’s candidate on the 2014 election ironically after losing the election to the winner of the previous primary, physician Rodolfo Hernández, due to Hernadez’ resignation as candidate motivated by internal party fighting. Hernández selected Piza as his running mate and Piza took over the nomination once Hernández left.
Piza is generally seen as part of the Liberal faction inside PUSC, a more right-wing fiscally conservative and socially liberal faction lead by former president Miguel Angel Rodríguez, in favor of small government and lower taxes. Whilst Ortiz on the contrary claims to be representative of the traditional Calderonista faction, a more left-wing Social-Christian pro-Welfare State and more socially conservative faction inspired by Rafael Angel Calderón Guardia's Social Reform. Ortiz also has the support of former president Abel Pacheco, whilst the only other former president from PUSC, Rafael Angel Calderón Fournier (Guardia’s son) left PUSC altogether and formed his own new party with Hernández as candidate.
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