Tibás City Officials
Investigated For
Receiving Free Soccer
Game Tickets
The mayor of Tibás,
Jorge Salasa, and the
president of the Consejo
Municipal (municipal
council), Estrella Pérez,
will soon be facing the
Procuraduría de la Ética
Pública to explain the
receiving of free
tickets to the Selección
(Costa Rican soccer
team) againt El
Salvador.
Both have been charged
for receiving the gift
from the Federación
Costarricense de Fútbol
for the game played on
August 20 at the Ricardo
Saprissa stadium,
located in Tibás.
The charges come from
several legislators of
the artido Liberación
Nacional (PLN) - Antonio
Cubillo, Atala Martínez
and Vilma Calvo; and
Guillermo Jiménez and
Elizabeth Solano, of the
Movimiento Libertario
(ML; and Johnny Cruz, of
the Unión Nacional
party.
For the legislators,
both the mayor and
council president could
have broken the law of "enriquecimiento
ilicito" (illegal
enrichment) as the
tickets to the sports
events could be
considered as bribes.
In addition, the
legislators claim that
the functionaries
violated the right on
honesty which is
mandatory of all public
officials.
Salas so far refused to
make statements to the
press, preferring to
withold comments as the
case is under
investigation.
However, Pérez said that
the accusations are an
act of "vengeance" but
nothing will come of it
as she says she did not
attend the game.
"This is nonsense on the
part of the regidores
(municipal council
members) that should
concern themselves more
with the potholes, the
garbage problem which
will soon start to pile
up again, for the
elderly of the city and
to approve scholarships
for the young", said
Pérez. |
