Legislative
Assembly Moving
To Zapote
Running out time
and options, the
president of the
Legislative
Assembly, Luis
Gerardo
Villanueva, said
that a recently
constructed
building in
Zapote could
soon be the new
home of the
Legislature.
Villaneuva, who
has undertaken
to comply with
an order by the
ministerio de
Salud (Health
ministry) to
vacate three
buildings of the
existing
legislature
complex in
downtown San
José, has been
looking at
options.
And the best
option so far is
27.000 square
metres building
built by the
construction
company Elena
Terán, at a cost
of us$23 million
dollars that
would be
financed by the
Banco
Centroamericano
de Integración
Económica (BCIE)..
Villanueva said
that the deal
has been made,
now all that is
required is the
"visto bueno"
(OK) from the
Contraloría
General de la
República
(Comptroller's
office) and the
BCIE.
The recently
built buildings
is some 200
metres from Casa
Presidencial in
Zapote.
Villanueva said
that the option
of building a
new building was
not viable,
partly due to
the timing
constraints.
The legislature
has been under
pressure from
the ministra de
Salud, María
Luisa Ávila, to
vacate three
buildings in the
downtown complex
due to
substandard
health
conditions.
The ministra de
Salud had issued
an eviction
order and is
adamant that the
40 legislators
and their
support staff of
400 vacate the
buildings
immediately or
be evicted.
On her Twitter
page, Avila on
Saturday
expressed her
pleasure on the
move. "Every
cloud has a
silver lining"
said Avila. |
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