12 projects and mandates while awaiting
7/5/2008
Business Editors

While the Assembly is focused on approving the constitutional texts, 12 bills are pending and economic mandates.

Of these, three have a greater chance of being dealt with by the Assembly: agricultural mandate, the public procurement system and reforms ributarias.

That mandate is a matter of urgency, because of measures to tackle the growing rise in food prices. According to the Assemblyman Nelson Lopez, is expected to be conducted on Friday 11 vote, after they are approved 350 items of the new Constitution.

The 10 officers, meanwhile, will analyze the comments this week that the Executive made the public procurement system.

Maria Paula Romo, who chairs the bureau, said that will not stop the analysis of projects and this will be conducted meetings at noon, hours during which the assembly is not sitting. It is hoped that this month between on the agenda of the plenary and will be adopted.

Part of the tax reform will be done with the mandate of agriculture. But the proposal also includes reforms in special consumption taxes, exit of foreign exchange, income and VAT.

Lopez and other assembly of the 10 officers agree that the remaining projects and mandates will be processed in the so-called Congresillo or Legislative Commission.

At seven bills and two terms had not yet sent to the Assembly.

The bill of Public Enterprises is ready, said Paulo Rodriguez of the National Council of Competitiveness. The Competition Act lacks the final revision of the highest authorities.

In 15 days will complete the reform of the Organic Law of Customs, to deliver to the Executive.

Another project that this final phase is related to illicit enrichment. The reforms to the Telecommunications Act is still under discussion.

The financial safety net, after several modifications and analysis, does not reach the Assembly.

Meanwhile, the draft Mining Law and the mandates of the electrical and AGD are still in the hands of the president Rafael Correa.


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