Transition committee asks governor to refrain from transactions that impact budget
- The San Juan Daily Star
- Nov 20, 2024
- 1 min read
By The Star Staff
Bayamón Mayor Ramón Luis Rivera Cruz, the chairman of the Incoming Transition Committee of governor-elect Jenniffer González Colón, said the panel asked the administration of Gov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia to stop all transactions that could compromise the island budget, which the governor-elect is to begin working with after Jan. 2.
Rivera asked the governor to stop transactions related to professional contracts, personnel transactions and tenders. He said he spoke with Secretary of State Omar Marrero Díaz.
The governor has plans to convene a special session of the island Legislature.
“There is a fundamental matter that this public servant has already discussed with Omar Marrero, and that is that we are requesting the collaboration of the governor of Puerto Rico, Pedro Pierluisi, and that I know, I should not have any doubt that it is so, to request the suspension of transactions that may compromise the budget of the government of Puerto Rico, which is supposed to be the one that the governor-elect will work with after January 2,” Rivera said.
He said the exception to the request made to the governor was related to tenders for projects that have federal funds that are about to expire or some vital service that needs to be continued. “I will give an example: school cafeterias,” the longtime mayor said. “Well, we have to buy food for the students for the school cafeterias; well, that is a contract that has to continue effectively.”
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