The main opposition force National Liberation Party held its primary, known as the National Liberation Convention, on 6 June 2021, electing former President José María Figueres Olsen as a nominee. Political scientist Claudio Alpízar Otoya, former deputy and two-time presidential candidate Rolando Araya Monge, and Carlos Benavides Jiménez and Roberto Thompson Chacón, deputies for the 2018-2022 period, also participated in this process.[13] Rolando Araya Monge quit the National Liberation Party and joined A Just Costa Rica as the presidential candidate.