The MRS called on the citizenry to exercise their rights by protesting the cost of the new card and not applying for it as long as it remains so high. Two weeks earlier, tax law expert Julio Francisco Báez had denounced the charge for this obligatory state docu¬ment as a crime, explaining to the Comptroller General’s office that it is an illegal and unconstitutional tax and an abuse of authority.
El cobro de la cédula, un documento que el Estado está obligado a facilitar a todos los ciudadanos, fue denunciado el 4 de agosto como delito, por ser un tributo ilegal e inconstitucional y un abuso de autoridad ante la Contra-loría, por el experto en derecho fiscal Julio Francisco Báez, sin resultado alguno en el país legal.