Saturday 11 October 2008, San José, Costa
Rica
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Majority of Costa Ricans
Want The New Stadium
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Majority of Costa Ricans
Want The New Stadium
Although the Sala
Constitucional
(Constitutional Court)
put the brakes on the
construction of the new
stadium in La Sabana
park, the majority of
Costa Ricans want to see
the project move ahead
and be completed.
According to a pool by
Demoscopía and published
in the Spanish language
daily, Al Día, 79.6% of
Costa Ricans polled
reject the "recurso de
amparo"" - appeal to the
Constitutional Court -
by the former ministro
de Cultura, Guido Sáenz
and his group that
resulted in the court
decision.
Only 17.4% were in
favour of stopping the
construction and 3% had
no opinion.
The poll was taken on
October 9 and took in
the responses of 402
people over the age of
18 in all parts of the
country. The results
have a margin of error
of +/- 4.9%.
The Constitutional Court
ruled last Monday in
favour of the Sáenz
appeal calling for an
environmental and impact
study that lead to the
court halting the
construction that was to
have started next month.
The Demoscopía poll also
showed that 80.3% agreed
with president Arias'
statement that he is
"tired" of so many
obstacles and hindrances
to many of the
governments initiatives.
18.7%, however, felt
that Arias is wrong.
Driving by in a taxi
where the empty lot
where the old stadium
stood and the new
stadium is to stand, the
driver (who will remain
unnamed) commented that
"they should have at
least not cut down the
trees if they intend not
to build the stadium".
The same driver also
offered his own personal
perspective on the
current mess, blaming it
on a feud between the
"culture" ministry and
the sports federation,
who have never seen eye
to eye in the past
regarding the use of the
park.
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