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Only 5 of 57 Deputies Renounce Gasoline Benefit from Assembly
🇨🇷 Costa Rica /Elections & Politics

Only 5 of 57 Deputies Renounce Gasoline Benefit from Assembly

From La Nación · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Only five out of 57 Costa Rican deputies have renounced their monthly gasoline allowance from the Legislative Assembly.
  • The allowance, provided by the Law on Remuneration of Deputies, amounts to up to 500 liters of fuel per month.
  • Deputies from the PLN, Frente Amplio, PUSC, and Pueblo Soberano parties are among those who have opted out of the benefit.

A small fraction of Costa Rica's Legislative Assembly members have chosen to forgo their monthly gasoline allowance, a benefit provided under the Law on Remuneration of Deputies. Out of 57 deputies, only five have officially renounced the quota of 500 liters of fuel per month.

The benefit, which can amount to approximately 376,000 Costa Rican colones (about $700 USD) monthly, is intended to cover transportation costs. The deputies who have opted out belong to various political parties, including the National Liberation Party (PLN), Frente Amplio, Social Christian Unity Party (PUSC), and Pueblo Soberano.

This decision by a minority of lawmakers comes amid ongoing public scrutiny of legislative benefits and public spending. The names of the deputies who renounced the allowance were communicated to the legislative administration, though the article does not specify the reasons behind their decisions or the exact financial value they are forfeiting.

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Originally published by La Nación in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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