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Resident Commissioner in Washington Jennifer GonzalezHe insisted on Monday that the administrative complaint against his in-laws – who are accused of building illegally in the mangrove area in… La Parguera– It is a case of political persecution on the part of the administration Pedro Berluisi.
“You have an entirely politically motivated government agency filing a complaint against ordinary citizens exclusively because they are my in-laws.”Gonzalez, who is competing with Pierluisi for the New Progressive Party’s nomination for governor, said, referring to Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (Derna).
At a press conference in San Juan, Gonzalez responded to the decision of the DRNA screening officer, María Ortega Ramírez, to declare the commissioner’s in-laws in absentia because she understood that they had Pattern of non-compliance With dealing with the administrative issue.
investigating in Guard Corps DRNA officials assert against Gonzalez’s in-laws, José Vargas Cortés and Irma Lavona Rivera, that they built an extension to their residence, in La Parguera, on the mangroves of that area, in Lajas.
The screening officer who deals with alleged environmental violations The start of the session was set for May 16This is after the defendant was declared negligent.
“The information I have is that Mr. Miguel Torres Torres, who is my in-laws’ lawyer, immediately made some motions – because this happened during the Easter weekend – asking for an extension of extradition, and he delivered it in this way… But apparently the DNR wanted to shut this down faster“Gonzalez said.
On the other hand, the commissioner avoided commenting on the complaints of the People’s Democratic Party Senate candidate Carlos Díaz Sánchez about possible environmental violations in two short-term rental properties of the governor’s youngest son, Anthony Pierluisi.
In a press conference on Monday morning, the governor rejected any irregularity or illegality related to his son’s property, located in Guanica, arguing, among other things, that it was built in the 1960s, there were no modern constructions or modifications, and that he paid the corresponding taxes.
