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TLC To Be Before Legislators Next  Week
The fifty-seven legislators of the Costa Rican Legislative Assembly are getting ready to decide on the future of the Tratado Libre de Comercio (TLC).

The free trade agreement with the United States is expected to make it to the floor of the Legislature next week, where a majority of 38 deputies will be required for the trade deal to be approved.

The Commission of International Affairs spent the last seven months to passing the TLC to make it before the legislators, which will now begin the public debate, which are expected to be as difficult.

Opposition groups have promised demonstrations to pressure Legislators to their way of thinking and vote down the trade deal that they claim will destroy Costa Rica.

The Partido Liberación Nacional (PLN) - the party of Costa Rican president Oscar Arias -says it aims to keep its campaign promises of support for the agreement and looks forward to its approval and implementation.

President Arias has said that he hopes to have the trade deal in place by as early as February, reiterating his commitment to the United States during his visit with U.S. president George W. Bush last month at the White House.

Although only 29 votes are required to form a majority, it has been custom for the Legislature to give majority approval with 38 Legislator votes.

The government is confident that it has the required votes to pass the trade bill, however, opposition from the Partido Acción Ciudadana (PAC) and the Movimiento Libertatio (ML), along with some of the smaller parties, can complicate the process.


 



 

 
   

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