{"id":2537,"date":"2021-06-25T15:44:38","date_gmt":"2021-06-25T19:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wiac740.com\/?p=2537"},"modified":"2021-06-25T20:17:42","modified_gmt":"2021-06-26T00:17:42","slug":"representante-de-victoria-ciudadana-arremete-contra-la-junta-y-su-plan-de-recortar-las-pensiones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wiac740.com\/index.php\/2021\/06\/25\/representante-de-victoria-ciudadana-arremete-contra-la-junta-y-su-plan-de-recortar-las-pensiones\/","title":{"rendered":"REPRESENTANTE DE VICTORIA CIUDADANA ARREMETE CONTRA LA JUNTA Y SU PLAN DE RECORTAR LAS PENSIONES"},"content":{"rendered":"

El Capitolio –<\/strong> El representante Jos\u00e9 Bernardo M\u00e1rquez consumi\u00f3 un turno inicial durante la sesi\u00f3n legislativa de la C\u00e1mara de Representantes, dirigido a la Junta de Control Fiscal y al presidente de los Estados Unidos, Joe Biden en donde defendi\u00f3 la validez de la Ley para un Retiro Digno y reclam\u00f3 el cumplimiento del programa de gobierno Biden-Harris, el cual propuso revertir las pol\u00edticas de austeridad de la Junta y proteger servicios esenciales y a los pensionados en Puerto Rico. En su turno en ingl\u00e9s, el legislador del Movimiento Victoria Ciudadana adelant\u00f3 que votar\u00e1 en contra de cualquier esfuerzo por derogar la ley que beneficia a los pensionados y pensionadas en la Isla y exigi\u00f3 que la Junta deje de insistir en la implementaci\u00f3n de\u00a0 medidas de austeridad en la educaci\u00f3n, la salud y el bienestar social que sabotean cualquier posibilidad de fomentar el crecimiento econ\u00f3mico necesario para el cumplimiento de las obligaciones financieras de Puerto Rico.<\/p>\n

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A continuaci\u00f3n el turno del representante M\u00e1rquez durante la sesi\u00f3n legislativa:<\/p>\n

\u201cGood morning to Chairman Skeel, Members of the Board, and Ms. Jaresko.<\/p>\n

In Wednesday\u2019s letter to the Governor, Senate President and Speaker, you asked for confirmation by noon today that the Legislature will undertake the repeal of the Dignified Retirement Act.\u00a0I rise today to tell you that I will not vote for any repeal of this law, and I trust that none of my colleagues will either.\u00a0There are more than enough reasons to support this Act and the principles for which it stands.<\/p>\n

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First is precedent. There is precedent for pensions not to be impaired in municipal bankruptcy, as it happened in Stockton and San Bernardino, especially if doing so will adversely affect the economy, launch retirees into poverty, and sink morale among public servants.<\/p>\n

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Second is prior impairment. Act 3 of 2013 already slashed pensions for retirees and active employees, with haircuts from 15% to 42% of their benefits. That is to say, pensions had already been restructured prior to the Title III.<\/p>\n

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Third is your insistence on paying illegal debt that should be null and void. After the Kobre & Kim report you commissioned identified $6 billion in illegally issued debt, you made the show of suing to invalidate those claims. But now you\u2019re ignoring that and treating those holders of illegal debt handsomely in the proposed Plan of Adjustment. It is unconscionable that a Board established to achieve fiscal responsibility is seeking to prioritize illegal debt held by sophisticated investors over legally valid obligations to destitute retirees.<\/p>\n

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A fairer and more equitable Plan of Adjustment for the Commonwealth is possible.\u00a0It\u2019s time to recognize that you negotiated a bad deal for Puerto Rico.\u00a0And if you want any deal to go forward with enabling legislation, you have to go through us.\u00a0So I suggest you stop fighting and start listening.<\/p>\n

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Stop insisting on austerity measures to education, health, and social welfare that sabotage the economic growth that is necessary to pay the debt you are restructuring. Stop arguing against Medicaid parity that would enable more and better health services in the islands. And stop favoring creditors over the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and its people.<\/p>\n

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But since you are unlikely to desist from your ideologically driven, pro-austerity crusade against Puerto Rico, I want to turn my attention now to President Biden:<\/p>\n

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Mr. President, many of us here in the islands were encouraged by the Biden-Harris Plan for Puerto Rico, which called for a reversal of the fiscal austerity policies imposed by the Board, a comprehensive audit of Puerto Rico\u2019s public debt, and a guarantee that low- and moderate-income folks and pensioners would be protected in any debt restructurings.<\/p>\n

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Well Mr. President, your administration may just be getting started, but our time is quickly running out.<\/p>\n

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The Board\u2019s current fiscal austerity policies are endangering the accreditations of our public university, and on the restructuring front it is quickly pushing through a plan of adjustment that will slash pensions to legitimize and pay for illegally issued debt.<\/p>\n

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Puerto Rico cannot wait. It needs you to confront the Board through all available executive and Congressional avenues immediately. And given that the imposition of the Financial Oversight and Management Board was and is in itself a profoundly undemocratic exercise in 21st<\/sup>\u00a0century colonialism that should have no place in modern America, it really is the least you could do.<\/p>\n

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We trust you will do the right thing for Puerto Rico.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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