Néstor Alonso resigns his seat in the House of Representatives

The elected representative of the New Progressive Party (PNP) Néstor Alonso Vega he resigned his seat in the House of Representatives on Monday after a clash federal charges for corruption.

“On November 3, 2020, I was elected representative by accumulation on behalf of the New Progressive Party (PNP). I hereby notify that I am resigning from the position for which I was elected and that the PNP will have to fill.” , reads the brief letter he validated for his initials.

“I will devote my efforts to defending myself in the relevant forums,” he added in the letter.

Read the letter:

Today, earlier and through a message posted on social media, Alonso Vega had announced that he would resign in the next few hours, an action that will allow the community to fill the vacancy.

According to information disseminated in the press regarding my oath today, I declare that this morning …

Published by representative Néstor Alonso Vega on Monday, January 11, 2021

“According to information circulated in the press regarding my oath today, I declare that this morning I will submit my resignation as REP to the new four-year term. In due course I will offer expressions of this server in the village of PR. Pending on the networks, “he said this morning.

Once the incoming president of the Chamber, Rafael “Tatito” Hernández, notifies the vacancy, the president of La Palma, the governor Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia, must convene a board – the governing body of the community – to determine how they will fill the chair .

“The resignation of Néstor Alonso was what we were asking for and waiting for. Now the next step is to convene the board to decide which method we choose to select the fifth representative by accumulation of the PNP. We will be proceeding with due urgency.”, Expressed Pierluisi.

According to the Federal Prosecutor’s Office, Alonso Vega allegedly appropriated $ 40,000 from a scheme in which he allegedly inflated the salary of an employee of his chamber office, identified as “person A”, to about $ 80,000 . The employee stopped working with the representative in July 2020.

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