US EditionJoint Referendum: the Tool that Laura Fernández Will Be Able to Use After Winning a Majority in Congress
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Laura Fernández and her 31 deputies: another chapter of the opposition defeat manual The opposition defeat of 2026 was not an accident or a “bad electoral night.” It was an X-ray. And what that X-ray shows is uncomfortable because it points to a deeper cause than the current candidate or the current climate: the Costa Rican opposition presented itself to these elections without a clear reason to exist as a political bloc and, worse still, withou…
Joint referendum: the tool that Laura Fernández will be able to use after winning a majority in Congress
Q COSTARICA (Delfino) President-elect Laura Fernández will be able to use the joint referendum mechanism to put certain bills and constitutional reforms to a popular vote. This mechanism is the same one that the government of Óscar Arias used in 2007 to put the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States, Central America, and the Dominican Republic to a referendum. According to the 2006 Referendum Law, a joint referendum (‘referéndum manco…
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