By The Star Staff
Video gaming machine operators are planning a mass protest for governor-elect Jenniffer González Colón’s inauguration ceremony, they announced Wednesday.
The operators have called for the resignation of Puerto Rico Gaming Commission Executive Director Juan Carlos Santaella Marchán.
Aníbal Villafañe Fernández, the coordinator of video game machine operators for the northern region of Puerto Rico, asked González Colón and her campaign manager, Francisco Domenech, to take steps to stop the intentions of the Gaming Commission and the Horse Racing Board to increase to 15 terminals the number of slot machines for the horse racing agencies of Camarero Racetrack, which they said do not contribute a single cent to the island Treasury. Otherwise, Villafañe Fernández said, the more than 1,500 gaming machine operators, employees, family members and clients will be called to a protest that will take place on inauguration day, Jan. 2, in front of the Capitol.
Villafañe Fernández stressed the call for the resignation of Santaella Marchán, who he said “is openly paving the way to maintain ties with the administration of Camarero Racetrack, hold public hearings to approve nearly 5,000 new terminals to install more slot machines at horse racing agencies, whose operation and prizes do not pay taxes to the Treasury Department.”
“Likewise, his appointment to a position in the government should never be considered,” he added.
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