Commission Approves
Motion To End Riteve
Monopoly
The Comisión de Asuntos
Jurídicos de la Asamblea
Legislativa that is
studying the reforms to
the Ley de Tránsito
(traffic laws)
unanimously approved a
motion to break the
monopoly for vehicular
inspections now held by
Riteve S.A.
The motion was presented
by Libertarian Mario
Quirós and was supported
by all the members of
the commission panel.
According to Quirós, the
commission agreed to go
back to a plan where
vehicular revision is
offered by a greater
number of shops and
companies.
Quirós said that vehicle
owners should have the
freedom to choose where
they want to take their
vehicles to be tested.
"We proposed that
mechanics shops should
be qualified. I hope
that this will stay in
the proposed law,
although we have heard
from the Ministerio de
Obras Publicas y
Transportes (MOPT) that
the proposal be
removed", said Quirós.
The legislator contends
that the monopoly given
to Riteve and the prices
it charges were
established
unconstitutionally and
that the vehicular
inspection be taken from
the hands of the Consejo
de Transporte Público
(public transportation
council) and be placed
in the hands of the
Consejo de Seguridad
Vial (road safety
council).
Quirós added that he
sees it strange that the
MOPT is pushing hard
that the vehicular
inspection not be tied
to the reforms to the
traffic laws, since one
of Costa Rican president
Oscar Arias' promises
was to eliminate the
Riteve monopoly. |
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