Women are a majority in Puerto Rico’s new Senate

For the first time in history, women occupy 14 of the 27 seats in the Senate of Puerto Rico, The majority in this legislative chamber the body swore today, Saturday, thus constituting the nineteenth Legislative Assembly.

The Secretary of the Senate, Manuel Torres, Has highlighted the milestone this morning during the swearing-in of new legislators representing five parties: Democratic People’s Party (PPD), New Progressive Party (PNP), Puerto Rican Independentist Party (PIP), Citizen Victory Movement (MVC) and Dignity project (PD).

“The challenge for you is monumental,” Torres said. “Command is that you keep that commitment until the last day in the Corps.”

The new senators are:

– Maria de Lourdes Santiago, PIP

– Joanne Rodríguez Veve, PD

– Ana Irma Rivera Lassén, MVC

– Keren Riquelme, PNP

– Elizabeth Rosa Vélez, PPD

– Ada García Montes, PPD

– Migdalia González, PPD

– Marially González, PPD

– Gretchen Hau, PPD

– Wanda Soto, PNP

– Rosamar Trujillo Plumer, PPD

– Marissa Jiménez, PNP

– Nitza Morán, PNP

– Migdalia Padilla Alvelo, PNP

However, Trujillo Plumey was unable to swear in this morning due to a delay in delivering his financial report, his spokesman Daphne Flowers explained.

The new Senate consists of 12 senators from the PPD, 10 from the PNP, one (1) senator from the PIP, one (1) senator from the PD, an independent senator and two (2) senators from the ‘MVC.