Puerto Rico Sen. Juan Óscar Morales said the decision to renominate Francisco Quiñones to a judicial post, after complaints against him were dismissed, rests solely with the governor. In an interview with Normando en la Mañana, Morales explained that the Senate gave space while investigations were underway because it did not consider it proper to evaluate a judicial appointment during that time, and that Quiñones understood because they discussed it with him.
"You have to earn your scapulars with your virtues, with your work, not with someone else's," Morales said
On the investigation’s outcome, he said "everything suggests there was nothing irregular in what was done to Francisco." Asked whether the governor would give Quiñones a second chance in the judiciary, Morales stressed that decision does not belong to the Senate: "That is a determination of the governor." On recent water service improvements in Santurce, after former crisis coordinator Carlos Pesquera announced the end of the Drought Committee, Morales credited San Juan Mayor Miguel Romero’s efforts, not Aqueduct and Sewer Authority (AAA) executive director Luis González.
He said Romero had to take Acueducto to court, a court order followed, and work was done on manipulating the valves, which González opposed as unnecessary. "You have to earn your scapulars with your virtues, with your work, not with someone else’s," Morales said, adding that some communities in Aguas Buenas have been without potable water since the weekend.
He also repeated his call for Family Department Secretary Suzanne Roig Fuertes to resign, saying the Senate has had to demonstrate with documents the incapacity and irregular processes at the department, and said he expects additional documents from an unidentified company before the week ends.