The Senate is evaluating the appointment of the designated Secretary of State today.

After the House of Representatives approved her appointment in early April, the nomination of Secretary of State designate Verónica Ferraiuoli will be evaluated by the Senate in the Full Committee.

On Tuesday, the Senate’s Total Commission, chaired by Thomas Rivera Schatz, received representatives of the Office of Government Ethics (OEG) and the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) as part of the process of evaluating the nomination of Verónica Ferraiouli Hornedo as Secretary of State. OEG Executive Director Luis A. Pérez Vargas answered questions related to the presence of marriages in high-level positions in the Executive, such as the c…

By Redacción Es Noticia redaccion@esnoticiapr.com The executive director of the Government Ethics Office, Luis Pérez Vargas, said today - Wednesday- that the appointment of Verónica Ferraiouli as secretary of the State Department and her husband, Francisco Domenech, as secretary of the Government, does not constitute a conflict of interest, according to the current law. However, he acknowledged that it could be “an inappropriate working matter.”…

Senators are questioning the filing of the tax returns of the designated Secretary of State, who has not filed them for three years.

In the midst of questioning his contributory record that could put his appointment at risk, the Puerto Rican Senate will hold a total commission on Wednesday to evaluate the appointment of Verónica Ferraiuoli as Secretary of State. Ferraiuoli recently acknowledged that he did not issue his state sheets for the years 2021 and 2022. Initially, he explained that his accountant told him that, as a federal employee in Washington, D.C., he was not obl…