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Liberación Head Assures All PLN
Members Will Vote Yes on the TLC
The Tratado Libre de Comercio
(TLC) - free trade agreement
with the United States -
continues, with a vote on the
trade deal expected in the
Legislative Assembly soon, the
head of the Partido Liberación
Nacional (PLN) says all 25
candidates of the ruling party
will be voting in favour.
PLN deputy, Ofelia Taitelbaum,
guarantees the vote of all PLN
deputies, refuting arguments
that a number of her colleagues
are not sure of their support
for the trade deal.
Taitelbaum told the daily
Spanish language newspaper
DIARIO EXTRA, during a visit to
the paper, that though she will
be voting in favour of the trade
deal, she is concerned of the
future of small and medium sized
farmers and the price of
medication, especially in the
areas of cancer and AIDS
treatments.
Notwithstanding her concerns,
Taitelbaum, is for the agreement
and said that only time will
tell if we negotiated a good
deal, if there is more on the
plus side and unfortunately in
negotiations not all can be in
favour of one side.
Taitelbaum also touched on the
subject of telecommunications,
saying that perhaps the trade
deal should not have included
such a difficult and sensitive
subject like breaking up the
monopoly, witnessed by the
shouts and screams of the unions
of the future of the Instituto
Costarricense de Electricidad
(ICE).
The deputy was clear that the
rumours spread by the Partido
Acción Cuidadana (PAC) of
dissent on the vote within her
party is unfounded. All 25
deputies have said that they are
in favour of the TLC, but some
are trying to get an advantage
to their community in exchange
for a yes vote and that is not
surprising, because it is normal
in politics.
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