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The 2021 Citizens' Action Party presidential primary or National Citizen Convention will be the primary selection process by which supporters of the Citizen Action Party selected their presidential candidate for the 2022 general elections on 8 August 2021.
The Citizen Action Party will hold its Convention in August, postponing it due to the pandemic.
In the Citizens' Action Party, rumors were heard about possible nominations by the president of the Costa Rican Social Security Fund, Román Macaya Hayes and the ambassador to Spain and former vice president Ana Helena Chacón, however, Macaya denied it through a press release and Chacón assured that she could not refer to the matter due to her current position. [1] The Costa Rican Constitution establishes that the President may not run for immediate reelection. Furthermore, Ministers and Executive Presidents of the autonomous institutions have to resign at least twelve months before the election is held in case they wish to run for office. [2]
Before the deadline in June 2021, the following people have inscribed their candidacy_
Former Mayor of Curridabat and Education Minister Edgar Mora withdrew from the race due to not having the minimal time of membership in the party.
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