In an article in Laprensa.hn, Jose Antonio Pineda, president commissioner of the Commission for the Promotion of Public-Private Partnerships (Coalianza), when asked if "Coalianza, concessions, sells or privatizes?", responded that "we do not really do privatization because it involves transfer of assets or property of the State to private companies. We do not do that. Assets such as ports, roads, and airports always belong to the State. We form a public-private partnership (PPP) contract, where a private company invests capital in institutions, as these do not have capacity to invest themselves. It allows the investor to manage it for a period of time in order to be able to recover their investment. "

"... Is Coalianza're selling the country piece by piece?
The word sale is to be understood conceptually. If you give me an amount of money and I give you some goods in exchange, it is a sale, but on no occasion, in the contracts awarded, has the State received money or property been transferred. The properties and assets keep belonging to the State. Therefore it is not a sale. People are saying this this because they lack knowledge and information and some of them for political reasons. "

Source: laprensa.hn

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