Costa Rica's Vice President and Planning Minister Kevin Casas has been suspended from his minister's post amid an investigation into abuse of state funds, a presidential spokesman said Wednesday.
The probe is centering on a leaked memo from Casas to his deputy Fernando Sanchez.
The memo allegedly suggests that local authorities should be threatened with funding cuts if they do not vote yes in a referendum on Oct. 7 over the Central American Free Trade Agreement with the Dominican Republic.
Casas, meanwhile, remains in his post as second vice president.
Spokesman Rodrigo Arias said the government does not share the opinions expressed in the memo.
"The government firmly rejects these suggestions, considering them alien to the way we plan our participation in the referendum and the basic principles of our democracy," Arias said.
Source: Xinhua
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