Laura Puts
Legislator's In
Their Place: Pay
Hike Dead and
Buried!
Listening to the
will or the
people or the
finding of a
collective
conscience or
perhaps heeding
to the stern
warning of
presidenta
Chinchilla,
legislators have
given up on
giving
themselves a
hefty salary
raise even
though the bill
had already been
approved in
first vote.
Last night,
Viviana Martín,
party whip for
the Partido
Liberación
Nacional (PLN) -
ruling party -
announced that
the bill is dead
and will be
buried.
Presidenta
Chinchilla was
adamant that she
would exercise
her right of
veto if the bill
made it to her
desk.
In addition some
15 individual
filings with the
Sala
Constitucional
(Constitutional
Court) were made
by citizens
against the "Salariazo"
(controversial
pay hike).
The position of
the new
president was
well received by
Costa Ricans who
in the majority
where against
the legislators
giving
themselves a 60%
pay hike and a
political
victory for her
in less than a
month in the
presidential
chair.
The second and
final vote had
been scheduled
for Wednesday.
The majority of
the PLN party
legislators has
supported and
voted in favour
of the bill on
Monday. However,
by Wednesday
afternoon the
majority of that
support had been
withdrawn,
forcing the bill
to be taken off
the legislative
agenda.
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