Former Security Minister
Berrocal Says He Will
Appear Before
Legislative Commission
Although Fernando
Berrocal is no longer
the ministro de
Seguridad, he is ready
and willing to appear
before the Legislative
Assembly to clear up his
comments over ties
between Costa Rican
politicians and the
Colombian rebel group,
the Fuerzas Armadas
Revolucionarias de
Colombia (FARC).
Berrocal assures that he
will do so for the lack
of support he has
received from the
current administration.
Berrocal says he was
removed from the
security post on Sunday
by president Arias to
avoid, according to the
government statement,
politicizing the
situation of links by
Costa Rican politicians
with the FARC.
The former minister
assured to the press on
Sunday that he did not
resign, nor was he
fired, he is just not
going to be security
minister anymore. The
decision came following
an early Sunday morning
meeting at the Arias
home in Rohrmoser and a
day before Berrocal was
to have appeared before
legislators.
"In politicizing the
subject, it would become
a spectacle that would
go no nowhere. I believe
the decision by the
president and mine to
leave the post was
correct", said Berrocal.
However, the former
minister added that he
will feel appear before
a legislative commission
if called, a commission
that was approved by
legislators on Monday.
Berrocal said that he
has sent a note to the
president of the
Legislature, Francisco
Antonio Pacheco, telling
him that he be called to
appear before the
commission.
"I will give my
conclusions and my
points of view on the
subject and will do so
as an ordinary citizen.
I spoke to former
president, José María
Figueres, who also tol
me that this would be a
political show and I am
in agreement with him",
said Berrocal.
According to Berrocal,
he is not regretful of
the comment she made,
comments that cost him
his post.
|
|
