Senator Evelyn Vázquez He said today that the comment he made on Friday night that she and Governor Wanda Vázquez Garced had “raised bodies” after the passage of hurricane Maria They were misrepresented.
Upon his arrival on Saturday at a campaign activity of the president, Senator Vázquez said that what she meant was that she communicated directly with the then secretary of Justice to expedite the process of raising bodies during the emergency of the hurricane.
The official refers to expressions that have gained criticism in social networks by referring to the deaths of Hurricane Maria, an issue that has caused the country’s outrage over the poor management of the government during the emergency.
“Wanda Vázquez is an intelligent woman, of integrity, of values, of family, that when Hurricane María passed, every day I agreed with her at the COE (Emergency Operations Center of the Emergency Management and Disaster Management Bureau) , working, raising bodies of homes that were assisting people and helping … ”, said the senator last night during a campaign activity in Aibonito in which the president also attended.
For his part, the campaign director of Governor Vázquez, Jorge Dávila, downplayed the comment of the legislator.
“I think people understand what he meant,” said Dávila. When he was told to explain Evelyn Vázquez’s statement, he replied: “Sometimes they give too much importance to a small linguistic lapse,” he said.
On the other hand, Vázquez affirmed today that he has not received any summons from the Department of Justice in relation to the investigation that he carries out on the handling of supplies in case of emergency due to seismic activity to the south.
“No, no one has notified me of any subpoena or any information about that.”
Last Thursday, the Novoprogressive senator rejected the insinuations that she intervened to delay the delivery of aid directed to refugees by the earthquakes.
Sources of this means indicated that Vázquez and Senator Nelson Cruz stopped the aid so that it was delivered when they arrived at the place.
Vázquez denied the allegations he alleges arise after the governor dismissed the secretary of the Department of the Family, Glorimar Andújar.
With information from journalists Javier Colón Dávila and Gloria Ruiz Kuilan.
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