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### Viewing cable 05SANJOSE1819, COMMISSION OF EMINENT PERSONS MEETS WITH PRESIDENT

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05SANJOSE1819 | 2005-08-10 17:05 | 2011-03-03 16:04 | UNCLASSIFIED | Embassy San Jose

Appears in these articles:
http://www.nacion.com/2011-03-03/Investigacion/NotasDestacadas/Investigacion2697430.aspx
http://www.nacion.com/2011-03-03/Investigacion/NotaPrincipal/Investigacion2697496.aspx
http://www.nacion.com/2011-03-03/Investigacion/NotasSecundarias/Investigacion2697489.aspx
http://www.nacion.com/2011-03-03/Investigacion/NotasSecundarias/Investigacion2697532.aspx
http://www.nacion.com/2011-03-03/Investigacion/NotasSecundarias/Investigacion2697535.aspx
http://www.nacion.com/2011-03-03/Investigacion/NotasSecundarias/Investigacion2701964.aspx
http://www.nacion.com/2011-03-03/Investigacion/Relacionados/Investigacion2701965.aspx

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    This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.

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    UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 SAN JOSE 001819

    SIPDIS

    WHA/CEN
    EB FOR WCRAFT, BMANOGUE
    E FOR DEDWARDS
    WHA FOR WMIELE
    WHA/EPSC FOR KURS, LGUMBINER
    H FOR JHAGAN
    STATE PASS TO USTR FOR RVARGO, CPADILLA, AMALITO

    E.O. 12958: N/A
    TAGS: ETRD ECPS ECON PREL PGOV SOCI CS
    SUBJECT: COMMISSION OF EMINENT PERSONS MEETS WITH PRESIDENT
    PACHECO

    REF:  SAN JOSE 01639

    ¶1.  Summary.  On August 8, 2005 the five-member Commission
    of Eminent Persons met with President Pacheco to discuss
    the status of their review of the text of the U.S.-Central
    American-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-
    DR).  Franklin Chang, head of the Commission, stated that
    they have already started interviews with those who are in
    favor of the agreement and those who are not.  The
    Commission also presented its plan to complete their work,
    including the areas in which it will focus.  Chang said
    that there is no need to request an extension of the 60-day
    goal the President set to complete the Commission's work
    and submit its report.  End Summary

    ¶2.  According to Chang, it is not a goal of the Commission
    to provide a definitive recommendation regarding whether or
    not to approve CAFTA-DR because that is the job of the
    Legislative Assembly deputies (once the President sends it
    to them).  "We want to hear both sides ... the report will
    not be a yes or no to CAFTA-DR.  We will investigate
    comments about the weaknesses and strengths for which the
    country should prepare itself," commented Chang.

    ¶3.  Another Commission member, Gabriel Macaya, added that
    they will not examine the agreement chapter by chapter, but
    will perform a general analysis of CAFTA-DR, concentrating
    on principal topics.  The Commission has identified
    thirteen topics of the agreement in which it will focus:
    (1) to determine if the document (CAFTA-DR) is a treaty or
    agreement based on Costa Rican law, (2) format and criteria
    that will be used to write the report, (3) conflict
    resolution, (4) intellectual property rights, (5) patents,
    (6) generic drugs, (7) protection of the environment, (8)
    telecommunications, (9) insurance, (10) labor, (11) small
    and medium businesses, (12) review of the general impact of
    the trade agreement, and (13) the complementary agenda.

    ¶4.  Since starting their work on July 16, 2005 (reftel),
    the Commission has met on eight occasions, some of them via
    digital video conference, which was necessary due to
    Chang's personal and work commitments in the U.S.  The
    Commission has met with at least four persons, some for and
    some against the agreement, to investigate their views.
    However, the Commission members would not reveal with whom
    they met.  They did confirm that they have not met with any
    Costa Rican ex-negotiators of the agreement, all of whom
    have left the Ministry of Foreign Trade (COMEX) since the
    agreement was signed last year.  However, they acknowledged
    using, as a tool in their evaluation, the book written by
    Anabel Gonzalez, the ex-lead negotiator, entitled "Legal
    Studies of CAFTA-DR," among other texts.

    ¶5.  The Commission members agreed that there is "still much
    work to do" and expressed the desire to involve interested
    Costa Ricans.  "We want to count on, as much as possible,
    the participation of all Costa Ricans, to guarantee an open
    and transparent process," Chang assured.  To encourage
    input from citizens, the Commission has published an email
    address to which anyone can send their comments about CAFTA-
    DR (spoveda@cariari.ucr.ac.cr).

    ¶6.  The Commission plans to continue their work and set a
    goal to produce a first draft by August 31, 2005, and the
    final report submitted to the President by September 16,
    ¶2005.  "The time is coming in which we will deliver our
    report to the President, and he will know what to do with
    it," said Chang.

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    INTERVIEW WITH ONE COMMISSION MEMBER - ALVAR ANTILLON
    --------------------------------------------- --------

    ¶7.  The August 9, 2005 "La Nacion" article covering the
    above meeting also included an interview of one of the
    Commission Members, Alvar Antillon, a lawyer and expert in
    international agreements, and currently an adviser to the
    Foreign Affairs Minister.  Antillon started the interview by
    stating that with respect to his work on the Commission of
    Eminent Persons, he refuses to take a partisan attitude.
    However, he admitted to the desire to be a Legislative
    Assembly member candidate for the left-leaning Citizens'
    Action Party (PAC) in the upcoming elections (February
    2006).  The official position of PAC is that the agreement
    should not be passed in its current form but should be
    renegotiated.
    ¶8.  When asked about how he could guarantee his objectivity
    as a member of this Commission given his self-proclaimed
    ties to PAC, Antillon responded, "I have the position of a
    member of the group of eminent persons, that is to say, at
    the heart of my work is the examination of what is best for
    Costa Rica, nothing else."  He interrupts the interviewer's
    next question by stating that if you assume that I "will
    have a partisan interest above the good of Costa Rica, you
    are mistaken."  He further states, "You should ask these
    questions to the other members of the Commission, because
    none of them have denied their relationship with Oscar Arias
    (pro-CAFTA-DR presidential candidate).  This group was
    chosen because of their independence, you have to leave it
    there and not look for other things."
    KAPLAN

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