In a speech given to business leaders the presidential candidate Luis Guillermo Solis delivered a message of reassurance about economic development policies.
The presidential candidate for the Citizen Action Party met with a union of private companies in Costa Rica in order to send a message of peace and openness, should he obtain the votes needed in the April 6th election to assume the presidency.
The presidential candidate from the Libertarian Movement party is proposing freezing the state's payroll and implementing productivity based wages.
The Libertarian Movement (Movimiento Libertario) party said that a new government would slow hiring in the public sector and apply wages according to productivity, as they are applied in the private sector.
The industrial sector in Costa Rica, a key factor in the creation of wealth outside the metropolitan area in the country, is asking for presidential candidates to focus on the issues that define the competitiveness of the national economy.
The main issues affecting the competitiveness of the real productive sectors of Costa Rica are:
- Very high electricity rates, because of "abuses and inefficiencies of utility operators."