Luis Guillermo Solís and vice president and finance minister Helio Fallas spoke with the President of the Supreme Court of Justice, Carlos Chinchilla, about the funds to implement the law against animal abuse.
However, it was just a brushstroke to get the picture clear. There are no definitions yet and the law still needs funds.
The conversation will continue with them because we did not get to define specific issues,”
said Fallas.
Two weeks ago, the president had met with Chinchilla and the magistrate was clear that the Judiciary does not have 4.500 million colones to enforce the law.
We are receiving budgets and once we have them we will meet to talk specifically about that issue and the solutions thereof,”
said Fallas, without elaborating further.
On June 11th, the president signed the law in an activity with dozens of people and their pets on Paseo Colón, celebrating the achievement of one of his campaign promises. However, it is still uncertain where the money to enforce it will come from.
Solís said on that day that one of the ways to finance that law was the approval of new taxes, which would give fresh revenue to the State. This struggle has been going on since last year, but it still has no echo in the Legislative Assembly.