Ante a change of mandate in the governorate of the state, the promises of the campaign of the new mandate Joe Biden for Puerto Rico could find fertile ground debated by a majority of the Democratic Party in Congress.
The juice of analysts consulted by Metro, the new presidential administration supports a change of leadership in relations between the federal governor and the island is four years old with an antagonistic tone under the presidency of Donald Trump.
Under Biden’s proposals include the inclusion of residents of the Boric Archipelago in the Supplementary Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), accelerating the fall of federal funds for recovery through the hurricane Maria, an audition for public debt and retrieval Junta de Control Fiskaal.
But the Democratic Party dominates the screenings in the lower house, while the Senate has the same number of screens as the Republican Party, which is run by the Vice President, Kamala Harris — who will act as President of the Legislature. in order to own the decisive vote.
For the Professor of Political Science, José Javier Colón, although the Democratic Party finds itself in a more favorable position than the past four, there will be a need for consensus in the delegation to impel presumptive means. “Some say that there is no consensus within the Democratic caucus that there are problems because this delegation is completely united in order for Kamala Harris to resign,” said the professor of Recinto de Río Piedras of the University of Puerto Rico. Asimismo, commenting that when the legislative session is convened, President Biden will establish a legislative agenda that includes a possible political juice against the mandate, Donald Trump.
“The ground is complicated so far that mandates of office have been imposed on the agenda. Do you have a political juice against Trump while the candidates are running for office … But it is clear that it is the animosity that President Trump has against Puerto Rico and, a little we know that there is a directive to stop obstacles in the fundraising process, which should not be allowed in a democratic administration “, signaled.
For the lawyer and analyst Joel Montalvo, a vez juramente, Biden can impulse medidas sin aval del Congreso como desistir del caseo de Vaello v. United States in which are discussed whether residents of the island can receive the Supplementary Social Security. In this case, the federal governor appealed a decision of the First Circuit Appeals Tribunal in Boston to allow Puerto Rican residents to accept this benefit and argue that the debtor should devalue the money he received from the Nueva Mortar Program. York a la isla.
‘Tan pronto llegue, el presidente Biden puede llegar allí [a Casa Blanca] and there is an order in its Department of Justice to dismiss this appeal and that there is a presidential action that could be taken in Puerto Rico immediately without any congressional intervention and that there is a judicial decision against both the Boston District and [Gustavo] Gelpí en Puerto Rico ”, said the exacerbator of the governor Aníbal Acevedo Vilá
While analyst Alejandro Figueroa opined that Biden’s agenda for Puerto Rico should focus on school and veterans’ issues that include the poorest beneficiaries like SNAP.
Figueroa, without embarrassment, acknowledges that Biden could face difficulties in reversing the decisions of the Junta de Fiscal (JCF), even though the composition of the agreement was renewed during Trump’s mandate and completed the corresponding correspondence to both legislative.
“In the medium in which they are designed [los integrantes de la Junta] ya no tienes el poder del presidente de nombrarlos. Without embarrassment, it is clear that opinion and public policy will influence the form and positions that the Junta has in terms of importation in the tax area as well as in the pre-tax year, ”he said.
No matter what the scenario, the Democratic Party will send an impetus to Ley Promesa. “Here are the commissions that compose the commissions that have been filed against Puerto Rico in order to hear who the president and ententees are paying attention to and what they are claiming to be and what the debt negotiation process should be estas semanas ”, comment.
On the other hand, in his distancing himself from the public policy of President Trump, Figueroa believes that, despite the Biden presidency, it would be possible to establish an auditorium for the public debt of the country. ‘[Trump] was much more ‘pro-bonistas’ and miraba with recelle the commercials that are based on an audition of auditors and the reports in the report to the bonistas “, mentioned.