Pedro Pierluisi claims his first 100 days in office will be “very active”

Puerto Rico Governor Pedro Pierluisi said today that these will be active for the first 100 days of his mandate and promoted the signing of new executive orders.

‘You bet that these 100 days will be very active. I am going to make the most of this so-called honeymoon that every government should receive, ”said the general manager.

On Saturday, just before being sworn in, Pierluisi signed six executive orders, including a mandate for the designated Secretary of the Ministry of Health, Carlos Mellado, to design a strategy for the massive management of COVID-19 tests, as well as a which directs the Justice and Public Security Departments to enter into partnership agreements with federal agencies to tackle corruption and another that bans the location of his official photo in government agencies.

Although Pierluisi was further away from the public eye today, he paid attention to the swearing-in of Washington resident commissioner Jenniffer González and took part in a virtual broadcast, where he also shared anecdotes from the years he served as chairman. the federal capital.

He said of his agenda that he will work with his work team to ensure that the administration of the newly elected President of the United States, Joe Biden, “treats us equally.. “We’re going to make sure they don’t impose demands and bureaucratic procedures that states don’t have if additional aid comes to fight the pandemic,” he said.

He argued that his goal is for people to ‘see’ and ‘feel’ the work by the end of the four-year period and thus the importance of the program for these first 100 days. “Show the difference, we’ll all have a new Puerto Rico with a solid infrastructure and take advantage of all that infrastructure work to drive economic development” He added that he will support the Commissioner in her efforts to expand the pharmaceutical business on the island.

He added that he will travel to Washington on January 20 to participate in the inauguration of the Biden administration, an opportunity he will use to visit congressmen. His plan, he said, is to travel to the federal capital once a month. “On these trips, my schedule becomes Jenniffer’s schedule … I’m going to consult Jenniffer about my schedule so we can be together where it’s strategically convenient for us to be together,” he said from the Throne Room.