Washington – The governor Wanda Vázquez Garced attended the dinner tonight that the president Donald Trump offered to members of the US Governors Association (NGA), a custom of the White House on the occasion of the winter meeting of that organization.
Vázquez Garced attended dinner in the company of her husband, Judge Jorge Díaz Reverón, according to the White House.
“We discuss some times, but we agree 90% of the time“Trump said in a brief message, according to the White House collective coverage team.
Before journalists had to leave dinner, President Trump said he would open the activity to questions and statements from the governors.
“We have an exciting night,” President Trump said.
The gala dinner at the White House would have been the governor’s first opportunity to at least greet Trump in person, on which she has expressed her gratitude even at the times when the United States government, announcing new disbursements for the reconstruction of the Island, renewed its complaints about the history of “fiscal embezzlement” and “corruption” of the government of Puerto Rico and imposed new administrative controls.
Vázquez Garced, as soon as he took office, announced that he wanted a one-on-one meeting with Trump. That type of meeting, which the governor also claimed a year ago Ricardo Rosselló Nevares, has not been given.
The governor was able to talk on January 10 by telephone with Trump, through a call generated by Republican Senator Rick Scott (Florida) during the visit of the federal legislator to municipalities in southern Puerto Rico to examine the damage caused by recent earthquakes
When she was at the beginning of last week in Washington to attend the message on the State of the Trump Union, at the invitation of Commissioner Gonzalez, the governor had ruled out attending the winter meeting of the US Association of Governors. , a conclave that has rarely been overlooked by a governor of the island.
Then, Vázquez Garced indicated to The new day that he would not attend the meeting because they had been “many days out (of Puerto Rico)” and his priority was the emergency after the earthquakes. But, after being in San Juan since Thursday at noon, VázquezGarced announced Saturday night that he would come to the meeting and gala dinner.
The governor, however, was absent at least from today’s public sessions, which included a conversation with the president of the US House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, and presentations on infrastructure, resilience and opportunities for former convicts At the governors’ table there was no sign with the name of Vázquez Garced during these public sessions.
While Pelosi was addressing the governors, a tweet was issued from the Twitter account of Vázquez Garced in which he thanked Moca for “receiving us yesterday (Saturday)” and said that it was “excellent to share with the leadership of the Mayaguez region- Aguadilla to know concerns and my vision that the government is close to the needs of our people. ”
Although on Sunday there was a meeting of the heads of Cabinet of the governors, the secretary of the Interior, Antonio Pabón Battle, did not accompany the trip to Vázquez Garced, according to La Fortaleza.
The spokeswoman for the governor, Mariana Cobián, said this afternoon that she had not been able to speak with Vázquez Garced to know the meetings that the governor had today and if she would attend tomorrow the working session of the members of NGA in the White House with the president Trump, who usually gives a general greeting, and his advisors.
Tomorrow’s meeting at the White House will coincide with the presentation of Trump’s draft budget for fiscal year 2021, which begins in October.
When Vázquez Garced’s trip was announced this weekend, La Fortaleza simply said on Saturday night that “as part of the agenda” at the NGA meeting “will attend a gala by US President Donald Trump ”, And that he would return tomorrow to the Island.
Despite the governor’s absence from the public eye on Sunday, La Fortaleza then announced that Vázquez Garced opposed the agreement between the Fiscal Oversight Board (JSF) that controls public finances and bondholders to restructure general obligations, due to that does not review cuts in public pensions.
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