The governor Wanda Vázquez Garced He said Thursday that “it is not necessary” to advance the elections as claimed by a section of the population that has also requested the resignation with the president of the Senate, Thomas Rivera Schatz for the recent management of the emergency caused by the magnitude 6.4 earthquake on January 7.
Vázquez Garced reviewed his record of actions for the past five months and then expressed that he has provided a “clean and uncorrupted” government, so there is no reason to advance the November 3 elections.
“I think that is a determination (proposal to advance the elections) that they have raised and it is up to the legislative branch. But that is not necessary. Whoever has done an improper act (in my administration), I have taken the actions. to the record. We have worked with public employees, we have worked with people in need, with vulnerable people we have given all assistance to people in the south. We have worked for the benefit of the people, “said the governor in an interview with Telenoticias (Telemundo).
This afternoon has been convened a march that will leave from the Capitol to La Fortaleza to protest the response of the government of Vázquez Garced to the emergency caused by the earthquake that occurred on the morning of January 7 and that impacted a large number of municipalities in the southwest area. Part of the claims are on the way to request that the elections be advanced and that the governor leave her office. In addition, the governor has been singled out for firing officials from her cabinet for political-partisan motivations and not for performance.
In response to this demonstration, the first executive acknowledged that a new wave of resignation claims has been raised against her, but said she is “accustomed to enduring pressure.”
“We are all human beings, the governor or governor does not stop being a human being. He does not stop feeling, he also stops being frustrated in some matters and many times, in some pressure, I have been a person of character in some decisions. I have made my decisions, but I always do it thinking that it is the best for the stability of the people of Puerto Rico, “said Vázquez Garced.
However, the governor said that she does not intend to use force against protesters as it happened in the summer of 2019.
“That is not going to happen because I have faith in my town that things are going to be done in order. No Puerto Rican wants to see the images of the summer of 2019 at the international level, that we miss all the opportunities we have. That the federal government loses credibility again “he asserted.
The trigger in this crisis occurred last Saturday when a group of citizens found in Ponce a warehouse full of supplies that had not been delivered since Hurricane Maria by the Bureau of Emergency Management and Disaster Management, which was responsible for managing those facilities.
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