Puerto Rico Governor Jenniffer González said on Monday, November 9 that she will meet this week with Family Secretary Suzanne Roig, though she did not specify the day. Asked whether she had discussed the apparent inconsistencies and omissions in Roig’s testimony before a Senate committee investigating alleged irregularities in the awarding of contracts at the agency, González said she had not yet spoken with her.
"About many topics."
Asked whether the meeting would cover the same topic, González replied: "About many topics." She has defended the Family secretary, though in past days she has not been as emphatic in her support. Roig remains in her post while under investigation by the Senate, the Department of Justice, the Office of the Inspector General of Puerto Rico and federal authorities, after Blanca Medina Díaz, former head of the Administration for Socioeconomic Development of the Family (ADSEF), publicly alleged that the secretary pressured and harassed her to evaluate and grant a contract to NOLA Education for educational services with federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) funds.
Medina Díaz also alleged she was pressured to award a contract to Strategic Technology Advisors, which submitted two proposals to Roig for a training platform costing more than $300,000, also with TANF funds. Roig has denied the allegations.