2012 Puerto Rico government transition process

The 2012 Puerto Rico Outgoing Committee on Government Transition is the committee in charge of the transition process on behalf of the incumbent administration of Governor Luis Fortuño. The Committee is composed of government officers from Fortuño's administration, including, as required by law:

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! scope=col style="text-align: left" | Name

! scope=col style="text-align: left" | Position

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| Guillermo Somoza

| Secretary of Justice

| Department of Justice

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| Jesús F. Méndez

| Secretary of Treasury

| Department of Treasury

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| Juan C. Batlle

| President

| Government Development Bank

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| Juan Carlos Pavía

| Director

| Office of Management and Budget

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| Kenneth McClintock

| Secretary of State

| Department of State

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| Miguel Romero

| Chief of Staff

| Secretariat of Governance

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| Rubén A. Hernández Gregorat

| Secretary of Transportation and Public Works

| Department of Transportation and Public Works

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| Rubén Flores Marzán

| President

| Planning Board

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McClintock serves as the Outgoing Committee's president while Romero serves as its executive director.{{cite web |url=http://www.elnuevodia.com/mcclintockesperaconocerhoyelcomitedetransiciondelppd-1383905.html |title=McClintock espera conocer hoy el comité de transición del PPD |publisher=El Nuevo Día |work=Elnuevodia.com |date=November 12, 2012 |access-date=2012-12-10 |archive-date=November 14, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114232800/http://www.elnuevodia.com/mcclintockesperaconocerhoyelcomitedetransiciondelppd-1383905.html |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.telemundopr.com/telenoticias/ultimas-noticias/Anuncian-comite-de-transicion-gubernamental-178826361.html |title=Anuncian comité de transición gubernamental | Telemundo de Puerto Rico canal líder en telenovelas, noticias y entretenimiento | Últimas Noticias |publisher=Telemundopr.com |date=2012-11-12 |access-date=2012-12-10 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130204164006/http://www.telemundopr.com/telenoticias/ultimas-noticias/Anuncian-comite-de-transicion-gubernamental-178826361.html |archive-date=February 4, 2013 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}

The 2012 Puerto Rico Incoming Committee on Government Transition is the committee in charge of the transition process on behalf of Alejandro García Padilla, Governor-elect. The Committee is composed of aides and assistants of García Padilla, as follows:

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| Alberto Bacó Bagué

| Member

| former Director of the Economic Development Bank and former Executive Vice President of the Government Development Bank

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| Celeste Freytes

| Member

| former Vice President of Academic Affairs of the University of Puerto Rico

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| David H. Chafey Jr.

| Member

| former President of Banco Popular

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| Dolores Rodríguez de Oronoz

| President & Executive Director

| former Appeals Justice and advisor on Rafael Hernández Colón's Office of the Governor

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| Ingrid Vila Biaggi

| Vice President

| former sub-Secretary of Government for Sila Maria Calderón

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| Jorge Sánchez

| Member

| former rector of the University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus

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| José A. Andréu Fuentes

| Member

| former legal officer for Chief Justice Víctor Pons

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| Juan Acosta Reboyras

| Member

| former member of the Board of First Bank Puerto Rico

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| Juan B. Aponte

| Member

| Emeritus Professor of the University of Puerto Rico

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| Palmira N. Ríos González

| Member

| former President of the Commission on Civil Rights

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| Roberto Pagán Rodríguez

| Member

| President of the Puerto Rican Workers Union

|-

| Salvador Antonetti Zequeira

| Member

| former Secretary of the Board of Trustees of the University of Puerto Rico

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Rodríguez de Oronoz serves as both the Incoming Committee's President and Executive Director{{cite web |url=http://www.elnuevodia.com/garciapadillaanunciaintegrantesdelcomitedetransicion-1383930.html |title=García Padilla anuncia integrantes del comité de transición |publisher=El Nuevo Día |work=Elnuevodia.com |date=November 12, 2012 |access-date=2012-12-10 |archive-date=November 14, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114212813/http://www.elnuevodia.com/garciapadillaanunciaintegrantesdelcomitedetransicion-1383930.html |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=http://elecciones.elnuevodia.com/fotos/nuevas-caras-del-comite-de-transicion/ |title=Nuevas caras del comité de transición | Puerto Rico Decide – Elecciones 2012 |access-date=November 27, 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130122120035/http://elecciones.elnuevodia.com/fotos/nuevas-caras-del-comite-de-transicion/ |archive-date=January 22, 2013 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}{{cite web |url=http://www.noticel.com/noticia/133159/quien-es-quien-en-el-comite-de-transicion-de-agp.html |title=¿Quién es quién en el Comité de Transición de AGP? |publisher=NotiCel |work=Noticel.com |date=2012-11-13 |access-date=2012-12-10 |archive-date=November 15, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121115231618/http://www.noticel.com/noticia/133159/quien-es-quien-en-el-comite-de-transicion-de-agp.html |url-status=dead }} while Vila Biaggi serves as its Vice President.{{cite web |url=http://www.transicionpuertorico.com/ |title=www.transicionpuertorico.com |publisher=www.transicionpuertorico.com |access-date=2012-12-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218094659/http://transicionpuertorico.com/ |archive-date=December 18, 2014 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}

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In November 16, 2012, the Outgoing Committee admitted in public hearing that the Puerto Rico General Fund was not in fact as robust as previously informed by the incumbent administration.{{citation needed|date=November 2012}} One hearing after, {{citation needed span|text=the public hearing unveiled a higher deficit in the Puerto Rico government budget balance for the upcoming fiscal year of $1.1 billion US$ instead of the $330 million that were previously reported;|date=November 2012}} effectively making the deficit almost three times higher than previously reported and unveiling a cash flow insolvency on the Department of Treasury.

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• [http://www.leydetransicion2012.pr.gov/ www.leydetransicion2012.pr.gov – official site of the 2012 Outgoing Committee]{{Dead link|date=May 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{in lang|es}}
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20141218094659/http://transicionpuertorico.com/ www.transicionpuertorico.com – official site of the 2012 Incoming Committee] {{in lang|es}}

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