Porteadores Of
The Fenapo
Planning More
Protests
Just when you
thought the "porteadores"
(informal taxis)
thing was all
over and done
with, given the
agreement
reached this
week between the
government and
the Cámara
Costarricense de
Porteadores,
some 6.000
porteadores
belonging to the
Federación
Nacional de
Porteadores (Fenapo)
feel left out
and today will
be meeting to
discuss tactical
options to make
their point.
The agreement of
this week calls
for the
government to
include the word
"persons" in the
Commercial Code
that is now
being analyzed
by the Comisión
Plena Segunda de
la Asamblea
Legislativa,
that allow the "porteo"
or the informal
taxi service. In
return the
porteadores
would be subject
to stringent
regulations.
However, the
porteadores for
the Fenapo are
thrilled about
the deal,
feeling they
have been left
out of the loop
and plan to take
to the streets
in protest in
the coming days.
Yuribeth Méndez,
presidenta of
the Fenapo, said
the group was
included for the
major part of
the negotiations
but left out at
the end when
they pointed out
that the
agreement has
inconsistencies,
legal issues and
ambiguous.
Méndez is clear
that the Fenapo
rejects the deal
that would leave
out in the cold
many of the
small porteo
companies that
make up the
Fenapo
membership.
The group leader
says the deal
favours the big
operators and
the only way to
pressure the
government to
rethink the deal
is to take to
the streets.
Méndez added
that another
tactic is to
seek out the
support of at
least 10
legislators to
send the
government/porteadores
deal to the
Constitutional
Court before the
legislature
votes in first
debate.
Francisco
Jiménez,
ministro de
Obras Públicas y
Transportes (MOPT)
says that the
porteadores of
the Fenapo are
included in the
deal, they can
participate like
every other
porteador in the
process of
accreditation
once the bill
becomes law and
published in La
Gaceta. |
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