The Constitutional Court provisionally suspended the agreement that allowed companies that currently do not have the economic capacity to comply with the payment of the Annual Bonus, to reconcile the amortization of the obligation with the employees.
The agreement of the Ministry of Labor (Mintrab) 250-2020, which was published in the Diario de Centroamérica on July 10, stipulates that in order to postpone the payment of the Bono 14, employers who are not in a position to do so due to the economic crisis resulting from the outbreak of covid-19, could make an application to the Ministry.
The representatives of the Supreme Court of Justice of Costa Rica are more concerned with defending their unacceptable privileges than with performing impartially and morally the work for which they were appointed.
EDITORIAL
Arguing that the Tax Reform approved in the first debate in the Congress imposes spending containment measures on the salaries of the Judiciary, the judges of the Supreme Court of Justice announced that they will oppose the reform if the points that affect the operation of the institutions of the Judiciary, in their opinion, are not abolished from it.
The Attorney General has denounced the existence of barriers that prevent white-collar crime and in particular corruption within the state from being pursued effectively.
The authorization from a judge for a case of public documents to be opened as part of an investigation, and the adoption of appeals even when the law states that they are not appropriate, are some of the legal obstacles that delay the processing of cases of white collar crime.
A disservice is being done to the country's business climate by court trials which take 15 years to produce sentences that can then be overturned on appeal.
EDITORIAL
It has taken such a long time that the main participants involved in the trail are not even the same people. Prensa.com reports that "...After 14 years of settling a process for alleged absolute monopolistic practices, the Ninth Court of the Civil Circuit has ruled that there was no merit to sanction five airlines that were denounced by the former Commission on Free Competition and Consumer Affairs (Clicac), today known as the Authority for Consumer Protection and Defense of Competition (Acodeco). "
The ability of the executive and legislative powers to effectively lead their country's economy is seriously diminished by the excessive actions of the judicial branch, especially the Constitutional Courts.
EDITORIAL
It is happening in Central America but it is a growing problem throughout Latin America. The legitimate concern to guarantee that all citizens fully exercise their rights under the very welcomed liberal democracy, has created a culture of acceptance of virtually all proceedings filed in courts against executive actions taken by the government, and also against laws which have been formally approved.
The National Association of Private Enterprise of El Salvador has announced the formation of a team of constitutional lawyers to appeal against any decision issued by a court which they consider illegally appointed.
Already in a press release issued on July 1 the National Association of Private Enterprise (ANEP) noted that:
"Ministers belonging to the FMLN, GANA, CN and PES, in complicity with the President, insist on trampling over the Constitution of the Republic and the sovereignty of Salvadorans, trying to attack the power of the judiciary."
Those responsible for implementing the new "accusatory" penal system have presented the budget necessary for it to begin in Coclé and Veraguas.
The article by Yureth Paredes in Laestrella.com.pa indicates that, "Institutional Coordination Commission sub-committees created to implement the accusatory penal system (SPA) presented the total budget required for this new structure of almost $52 million".