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Minister Vargas Declares
Himself A Hardliner
Marco Vargas is no stranger to the
ministerio de la Presidencia, heading that
post from 1996 to 1998 during the Figueres
Olsen administration and now getting ready
to do so for Laura Chinchilla, this time
with the challenge of small number of
Partido Liberación Nacional (PLN) party
legislators and a strong opposition parties
in the Legislative Assembly.
Vargas, who is currently the ministro de
Obra Públicas y Transportes (MOPT) spoke to
the daily Al Día on his position on the new
Ley de Transito.
The future ministro del la Presidencia says
that dialogue is key to ensuring the new
traffic law not be watered down and declares
himself a hardliner.
Vargas says that the maintaining the law as
approved, including the point system, is
crucial to changing the "road culture".
Although the minister accepts the need for
some modifications to the law, mainly to
correct some of the legal problems found by
a legislative commission, he feels that if
the reforms discussed recently by the
current legislators are approved it will
result in a "mediocre" traffic law.
"The law is mediocre when you delete the
points system, that is the backbone of the
legislation", said Vargas.
The minister sees achieving results will be
based on dialogue.
Vargas takes over as ministro de la
Presidenica from Rodrigo Arias on May 8. The
minister said that he expects to leave the
MOPT in the coming week, taking the month of
April and the first week in May to prepare
himself for a role that he knows all to
well.
The minister said that he will take the time
to converse with his new boss, Laura
Chinchilla and the leaders of the PLN party
whip.
His greatest opposition and challenge will
come from the Movimiento Libertario (ML) and
Partido Acción Cuidadan (PAC) parties, the
main opposition force in the legislature.
Vargas said that he will be dialoguing with
some of the smaller parties, like the PASE,
for support of the government's projects for
the next four years, whose priority today is
on security and economic recovery.
"These are two important points for Doña
Laura. I believe there has been progress in
the matter of security, but there is still
much to do. On the economy, reducing red
tape and creating an adequate infrastructure
are priorities already established by the
president", said Vargas.
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