“Controversy in Costa Rica on Public Employment Reform”, 18 January 2021

...'I want to start this week by respectfully requesting that lawmakers approve the Public Employment project,' the president posted on Twitter. 'This important reform, which complies with international standards, is key to reducing public spending in the future, addressing the fiscal deficit deepened by the Covid-19 pandemic, and introducing greater justice and equal pay among public servants performing similar duties,' Alvarado said. We must take this necessary step on the path of the State reform and the search for public efficiency to benefit Costa Rica, he concluded. Meanwhile, a manifesto of social and trade union organizations, grouped in the National Rescue Movement (MRN), released on Friday, ensures that this bill puts excessive powers in the hands of the Executive Power...