Fine Proposed For Making
Anti-Foreigner Jokes and
Commentaries
From the strange but
true department,
legislator Alexander
Mora of the Partido
Liberación Nacional (PLN)
has presented a proposed
law that would sanction
Costa Ricans for making
jokes or offensive
commentaries to
foreigners.
According to Mora, in
the long run, the
initiative would better
Costa Rican society,
learning to respect the
rights of immigrants.
Asked if his initiative
that would create
controversy as it would
punish xenophobia and
anti-foreigner has any
future possibility of
passing, Mora, did not
give any specifics,
saying however that the
law is needed to reduce
the current violent
society that is being
created.
Mora added that the
inspiration for the law
came when he began
receiving text messages
on his cellular phone
that put down immigrants
with jokes about
foreigners, especially
about Nicaraguans.
The proposal pretends to
fine between 10 and 50
says pay for a first
offence and increased to
15 to 65 days for
repeated offences, that
can be up to ˘300.000
colones.
Mora added that the
changes proposed will
not change things
overnight, but would
begin to sensitize Costa
Ricans of the problems
faced by foreigners. At
the very least, the
proposal, will open
discussion on the
subejct and make
everyone conscious that
we need to change if we
want a peaceful society,
according to Mora.
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