Jaresko: Governor will present a budget that includes a salary hike for public employees
Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico Executive Director Natalie Jaresko said
Tuesday that despite the increase in notifications to the commonwealth government and the demands filed by both parties, the oversight board’s relationship with Gov. Wanda Vázquez Garced is one of collaboration.
“I meet with the governor every two weeks,” Jaresko said at a press conference. “I speak and meet with her representative [Omar Marrero] very often. I ask you to see the demands and the letters only for what they are, each one doing her job.”
“The two [of us] do our work and we are in collaboration,” she added. “And the fact that sometimes we have differences of opinion, [it is because] we are both doing our jobs. The fact that we have differences of opinion is natural. As we are providing oversight to the government, [and] there will be differences of opinion. The reason for the letters is our way of making our communications public and transparent. If I don’t send the letters and the board does everything behind closed doors, then the
media would be upset with us for not knowing about our conversations.”
Jaresko confirmed that the governor will present a larger budget than the one approved by the oversight board. However, she said, the board is not entirely against what Vázquez will present before the Legislative Assembly on Thursday.
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