the governor Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia gave support to his appointed Secretary of State, Larry Seilhamer, Which has been under fire from its neo-progressive co-religionists for insinuating that Puerto Rico is unable to achieve statehood while the fiscal crisis persists which, in turn, keeps the central government and several of its public corporations in a process of bankruptcy.
“What the Secretary of State has said to some extent is something that is falling apart. Puerto Rico is in a bankruptcy process and is going to be positive for all outstanding issues on this island, including the issue of status, what we get out of this bankruptcy.That’s why I’m following it and urging the Supervisory Board (Prosecutor) to submit a sustainable (debt) adjustment plan so that the court can then make a decision in this regard. When this plan is submitted and the court approves it, the way it is submitted or modified, here is practically the end of Puerto Rico’s bankruptcy, ”Pierluisi raised.
Relevant figures of the New Progressive Party (PNP), Like the mayor of Bayamón, Ramón Luis Rivera, i José Aponte Hernández i Carlos “Johnny” Mendez, Former presidents of the House of Representatives, Are among the statesmen who have criticized Seilhamer, who in a recent interview with The New Day noted that the United States would not join a “break” territory.
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Some legislators, such as the representative Josep “Quiquito” Meléndez, Have conditioned their confirmation vote in favor of Seilhamer, who served as a senator under the palm between 2009 and 2020, to the fact that he retracts his expressions, on the premise that the granting of the state is a matter of “rights.”
“Our aspiration to have equal rights as a U.S. state, sure, this bankruptcy is a nuisance, but I’m sure we’ll get out of it in the near future. This concern that some may have that delays the issue of status is academic, it’s going to become academic, ”Pierluisi expressed, stressing that a rule of law cannot have a board imposed by the federal government to control its finances.
“Larry is a cradle statesman, he doesn’t have to prove this to anyone. He has always supported statehood for Puerto Rico and the equal rights that statehood entails,” the governor added.
The president, on the other hand, rejected that the Legislative Assembly have the “power” to block allocations of funds to cover the salaries of the six people who will lobby for the state and will be elected in a special process legislated in late December last by the then majority of the PNP.
“A few have to fall here in time. Unfortunately as a result of the bankruptcy of Puerto Rico’s government, insolvency, who has the last word on budget matters is the Supervisory Board. They can make all the noise they want. do, but it really doesn’t make a difference, ”the chief executive argued.
Yesterday, in a pre-recorded video, the president of the Senate, José Luis Dalmau, Specified that the Legislative Assembly, controlled by the Democratic People’s Party, Would reduce the allocations to the Federal Affairs Administration of Puerto Rico, Where the funds for the six intriguers would come from, according to the Law 167-2020.
Dalmau i Rafael “Tatito” Hernandez, President of the Chamber, have argued that both Law 167 and Law 165-2020, which enables a referendum ordered by the executive to ratify the result of the plebiscite ‘estadidad si o no’ of last November, are unconstitutional, by snatching powers from the legislature and handing them over to the governor.