Honduran Entrepreneurs Call for Anti-crisis Action

They are calling out for an agreement to be signed with the IMF and for adjustments in the application of the new minimum wage rate and in the anti-crisis plan announced by the government.

Thursday, March 5, 2009

The Honduran Council of Private Enterprise (COHEP) requested the government to confront the crisis that is already affecting Honduras, and to stand a the forefront of a joint effort among all the national sectors, stressing the need to reach a stand-by agreement with the International Monetary Fund. This would allow Honduras access to credit lines for countries in a precarious condition.

In the article in El Heraldo, the president of COHEP states with regard to the announced anti-crisis plan, "We do not know the plan. What we do have is an announcement and as entrepreneurs we are in complete agreement. We see that the initiative, the anti-crisis plan, has been a little late but the crisis will last a long time. I think with the swiftness of the case, we have to sit down to work and I think the government which must lead the anti-crisis plan, must call on all sectors and seek the unity and solidarity of all Hondurans, as was the case after the country was destroyed by Hurricane Mitch in October, 1998. So far nothing has been done to address the crisis, but it's time to start taking action."

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