Confusion surrounds vote on motion that scuttled waivers elimination plan | The nation

A great confusion surrounds the vote of the motion of José María Villalta that buried the bill for the reduction of tax exemptions, in the Legal Affairs Commission of the Legislative Assembly, this Tuesday afternoon.

It is about the vote on the substantive motion 14, which eliminated the three articles that would allow income tax to be collected on the school salary received by all public employees in January. The lien would affect amounts greater than ¢840,000.

Villalta's proposal was approved with four votes in favor and two against , but the deputy Carolina Hidalgo , from the PAC, says she voted the other way around the official report and the deputy Jorge Fonseca , from the PLN, does not remember what sense voted.

Franggi Nicolás , deputy for the National Liberation (PLN) and president of the commission, reported that the official Carolina Hidalgo voted in favor of eliminating the articles referring to school wages.

However, the legislator of Acción Ciudadana (PAC) flatly denies it and, rather, reacted annoyed by the data that the forum's hierarch spread. She claims to have voted against, in line with the position of the government of Carlos Alvarado , which proposed to eliminate the exemption from school wages.

The independent deputy Paola Vega also reported that José María Villalta, Franggi Nicolás, Carolina Hidalgo and herself voted in favor of the motion, while Jorge Fonseca and Wálter Muñoz voted against it.

However, liberationist Jorge Fonseca told La Nación that he does not even remember how he voted for the motion, although he does agree to tax school wages.

“Apart from the confusion that occurred due to the numbering of the motions, which we were not clear about, none of the deputies were clear about it, what I have always believed is in maintaining that sector's contribution to public finances. This is how it will be until I am convinced otherwise, ”he said.

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Paola Vega added that Wálter Muñoz , of National Integration (PIN), voted against because he was confused. However, the legislator responded to this newspaper that this is not true, but rather that he voted against the motion of the fully conscious front-runner.

The confusion is increased by the fact that the Legal Commission staff does not have a record of who voted for and who voted against.

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The technicians of the electronic team of the commission explained that there is no record on the vote on motion 14 because the deputies voted on the pending motions on this file in a continuous manner, without closing each previous act.

Additionally, in the streaming of the Juridical session, the screen where the votes are observed is not duly publicized and, in the original video, consulted directly in the editing room of the Assembly, the votes are not clearly distinguished either.

The only thing certain is that the motion to bury the project on exonerations -- a plan proposed by the government and which is part of the agenda of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) -- was approved by four votes in favor and two against.

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