Appointed in the controller’s office asks lawmakers not to consider his tweets and messages on Facebook

Puerto Rico’s designated controller, Kermit Lucena Zabala, defended his expressions on social media on Sunday, some of a racist nature or with sexual vocabulary, indicating that he made them a “private citizen” and asked lawmakers who would be responsible for its assessment that you do not take them into account.

“These expressions on Twitter and Facebook were made within a private citizen. I was not a government official at the time. I am conservative and when I see things that have nothing to do with my thinking, I have written them down and redistributed them as a private citizen. “said Lucena Zabala in a telephone interview with The new day.

Asked if his comments on social media could disqualify him for the position to be evaluated by both Senate in accordance with House of Representatives, Lucena Zabala, asked to see them in the setting in which she created them.

“I hope they will not take this position, because it is a conservative position. Obviously, I have to tell you – two weeks ago – I was not in this process. I came to meet the governorWanda Vazquez Garced) Last Monday. Then he told me that I am one of the possible candidates (for the position). As the civil servant changes. I already represent the office. It’s something else. He is not a private official “, he pretended.

“I would ask the legislators to see it in this context, which are the expressions of a citizen in their daily lives. At no point do I intend to make anyone look bad. It is my expression in certain problems of the American nation and of our country “, he added.

Minutes after Lucena Zabala was appointed governor of Puerto Rico, the tweets and messages she posted on her social media began to be revealed.

In one, Lucena Zabala joins those who criticize the governor’s decision to maintain total closure in the midst of the pandemic, while “lawmakers and public employees continue to collect.”

In another, he retweets an English comment that says “why can’t you find a black man when you need one.” This specific tweet was shared by the popular legislator, Rafael “Tatito” Hernández, who attacked Lucena.

Another message from Lucena Zabala is under the term “Sexflix”.

“That’s because Netflix has released a series about girls, not about prostitutes, but about minors doing a series of dances and things that have been criticized by many people,” the spokesman explained.