President Luis Guillermo Solís has dismissed his minister of the presidency, Melvin Jiménez, just under a year after he took office. Jiménez was always a controversial choice. A Lutheran bishop, he was a fringe member of the ruling Partido Acción Ciudadana (PAC), immediately putting Solís at odds with his adopted party. Jiménez did not excel when it came to performing the main remit of his job – operating as a go-between with the 57-seat legislative assembly, where Solís is totally reliant on the goodwill of opposition parties, or skillful horse trading, in order to advance any legislative initiatives. The PAC is much happier with Jiménez’s replacement, Sergio Iván Alfaro, a party stalwart.End of preview - This article contains approximately 528 words.
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