By The Star Staff
Gov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia said Wednesday that he has no plans at this time to convene a special session so lawmakers can confirm certain vacant positions.
There are vacancies in both the island Supreme Court and comptroller’s office, which he said he would leave to the following governing administration to handle.
The governor said he did not want to waste his time or the time of possible nominees, only to have the Popular Democratic Party-controlled Senate reject or table a confirmation.
“It would depend on whether the Senate president assures me that there is good faith and the best intention to attend to the appointments because I am not here to put someone through an ordeal in confirmation processes for the rest of the year,” the governor said. “I am not going to call a special session for appointments unless I once again feel that those people that I designated will be confirmed by the Senate or have their day or that they are going to have a fair process instead of going through a calvary. So, at least for the next two months, I do not see any extraordinary situation in the appointment process.”
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