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Weekly Report - 09 August 2018 (WR-18-31)
COSTA RICA: Addressing the judicial crisis
Costa Rica’s supreme court (CSJ) president Carlos Chinchilla has become the latest casualty of the so-called ‘Cementazo’ scandal (involving Sinocem Costa Rica, the Costa Rican subsidiary of a Chinese cement exporter, and top public officials) which rocked the country last year. Last month Chinchilla was forced to step down in relation to accusations of influence peddling. The announcement that Fernando Cruz, a magistrate for the CSJ’s constitutional chamber (Sala IV), had been chosen as his replacement has been well received although he faces a challenging task in terms of restoring credibility to the badly damaged institution.
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