previous candidate josé miguel corrales who ran as pln’s nominee in the 1998 election (losing to pusc’s candidate miguel ángel rodríguez) tried to be nominated again. his main rivals were former party’s president rolando araya monge (nephew of ex president luis alberto monge) and former minister antonio álvarez desanti, the younger of the candidates. araya won the nomination with 51% of the votes. a noticeable affected josé miguel corrales acknowledged the defeat and announce his resignation to future attempts for presidency, while on the contrary desanti also acknowledged the results but also that he will try to be nominated in coming elections. araya lost the presidential race against pusc candidate abel pacheco.