The 2012 Puerto Rico government transition process is the ongoing process in

Puerto Rico ; abbreviated PR), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, is a Government of Puerto Rico, self-governing Caribbean Geography of Puerto Rico, archipelago and island organized as an Territories of the United States, unincorporated territo ...

regarding the government transition between the outgoing governorship of incumbent

Governor A governor is an politician, administrative leader and head of a polity or Region#Political regions, political region, in some cases, such as governor-general, governors-general, as the head of a state's official representative. Depending on the ...

Luis Fortuño Luis Guillermo Fortuño Burset (born 31 October 1960) is a Puerto Ricans, Puerto Rican politician who served as the governor of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States, from 2009 to 2013. Fortuño served as the first Secre ...

and the incoming governorship of

Alejandro García Padilla Alejandro Javier García Padilla (; born August 3, 1971) is a Puerto Rican politician and attorney who served as the governor of Puerto Rico from 2013 to 2017. Prior to this position, García Padilla held various roles in the political lan ...

, governor-elect. The process is mandated and regulated b
Law No. 197 of 2002
and started on November 13, 2012, three

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s after the Puerto Rican general election of 2012 as the law requires, once García Padilla was preliminarily certified as Governor-elect by the State Elections Commission. As expected, the process has unveiled discrepancies between what the incumbent administration portrayed in the media and what the current status of the

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truly is; in particular its

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, budget balance, labor statistics, and performance and metrics.

Outgoing Committee

The 2012 Puerto Rico Outgoing Committee on Government Transition is the

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in charge of the transition process on behalf of the incumbent administration of

. The Committee is composed of government officers from Fortuño's administration, including, as required by law: style="margin: 0 auto" , - ! scope=col style="text-align: left" , Name ! scope=col style="text-align: left" , Position ! scope=col style="text-align: left" , Organization , - ,

Guillermo Somoza Guillermo A. Somoza Colombani is an attorney and the former Secretary of Justice of Puerto Rico. He holds a BA in Physiology from the University of Puerto Rico and obtained a JD from the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico School of Law. Somo ...

, Secretary of Justice ,

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, - , Jesús F. Méndez ,

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, Department of Treasury , - , Juan C. Batlle ,

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, - , Juan Carlos Pavía ,

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, - ,

Kenneth McClintock Kenneth Davison McClintock-Hernández (born January 19, 1957) is a politician who served as the twenty-second Secretary of State of Puerto Rico, one of the four longest serving in that post. McClintock served as co-chair of Hillary Clinton’s N ...

, Secretary of State ,

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, - ,

Miguel Romero Miguel Alberto Romero Lugo (born February 17, 1970) is a Puerto Rican lawyer, who is the current Mayor of San Juan. He was also Secretary of Labor and Human Resources of Puerto Rico (2009–2012) and former Chief of Staff of Puerto Rico duri ...

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, Secretariat of Governance , - , Rubén A. Hernández Gregorat , Secretary of Transportation and Public Works , Department of Transportation and Public Works , - ,

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, - McClintock serves as the Outgoing Committee's president while Romero serves as its executive director.

Incoming Committee

The 2012 Puerto Rico Incoming Committee on Government Transition is the

in charge of the transition process on behalf of

, Governor-elect. The Committee is composed of aides and assistants of García Padilla, as follows: style="margin: 0 auto" , - ! scope=col style="text-align: left" , Name ! scope=col style="text-align: left" , Position ! scope=col style="text-align: left" , Remarks , - ,

Alberto Bacó Bagué Alberto Bacó Bagué is a lawyer, a certified public accountant (CPA), and a legal and commercial advisor that served as Director of the Puerto Rico Economic Development Bank from 1990 to 1993. Previous to that Bacó served as Executive Vice P ...

, Member , former

of the Economic Development Bank and former Executive Vice President of the

, - ,

Celeste Freytes Celeste E. Freytes González (born 1950) is a Puerto Rican academic administrator who served as the interim president of the University of Puerto Rico in 2013 and again from 2016 to 2017. She has served a commissioner on the Middle States Commissi ...

, Member , former Vice President of Academic Affairs of the

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, - , David H. Chafey Jr. , Member , former President of Banco Popular , - , Dolores Rodríguez de Oronoz , President & Executive Director , former Appeals Justice and advisor on

Rafael Hernández Colón Rafael Hernández Colón (October 24, 1936 – May 2, 2019) was a Puerto Rican politician who served as the governor of Puerto Rico from 1973 to 1977 and 1985 to 1993 for a total of three terms. An experienced politician, Hernández held the ...

's Office of the Governor , - ,

Ingrid Vila Biaggi Ingrid Marie Vila Biaggi is a civil and environmental engineer and former Puerto Rico Chief of Staff. Previous to her position as Chief of Staff, Vila served as Deputy Chief of Staff for the governorship of Sila Maria Calderón from 2001 to 20 ...

, Vice President , former sub-

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for Sila Maria Calderón , - , Jorge Sánchez , Member , former rector of the

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, - , José A. Andréu Fuentes , Member , former legal officer for Chief Justice

Víctor Pons Víctor Manuel Pons Núñez (April 5, 1935 – November 11, 1999) served as the 12th chief justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico. He previously had served as Secretary of State of Puerto Rico from 1973 until 1974. Born in Rio Piedras, Puer ...

, - , Juan Acosta Reboyras , Member , former member of the Board of First Bank Puerto Rico , - , Juan B. Aponte , Member ,

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of the

, - ,

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, Member , former

of the Commission on Civil Rights , - , Roberto Pagán Rodríguez , Member ,

of the Puerto Rican Workers Union , - , Salvador Antonetti Zequeira , Member , former Secretary of the Board of Trustees of the

, - Rodríguez de Oronoz serves as both the Incoming Committee's President and Executive Director while Vila Biaggi serves as its Vice President.

Controversial issues

In November 16, 2012, the Outgoing Committee admitted in

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that the

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was not in fact as robust as previously informed by the incumbent administration. One hearing after, effectively making the deficit almost three times higher than previously reported and unveiling a cash flow insolvency on the Department of Treasury.

References

External links

www.leydetransicion2012.pr.gov – official site of the 2012 Outgoing Committee

www.transicionpuertorico.com – official site of the 2012 Incoming Committee
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