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Friday 15 August 2008, San José, Costa Rica 
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Arias Defends Payment of Consulting Fees To Friends
 Costa Rican president, Oscar Arias, yesterday defended his action in hiring friends and people close to Casa Presidencial as consultants and financial transactions with the Banco Centroamericano de Integracion Economica (BCIE).

"They are not political favours because own no one. Friends they are; one governs with friends and not enemies. What is strange that a government is surrounded by people who think the same?", said Arias.

Arias was defending the decision to pay consulting fees paid from some us$2 million dollars by the BCIE, paid to friends and family members of government officials.

The president defended his decision by saying that Casa Presidencial does not have the budget to hire good professionals.

Arias ran into a similar scandal 20 years ago during his first term in the presidential chair.
 
 

Costa Rican president, Oscar Arias, defended his action to hire friends as consultants, saying that it is better to govern with friends than with enemies.

 

 
 
 

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