Attorney and analyst Eddie López said on Thursday that the source who told him Puerto Rico Governor Jenniffer González Colón allegedly intervened with Puerto Rico Supreme Court judges in the LUMA Energy case has direct knowledge of the situation. "Tiene conocimiento propio y personal" ("has own, personal knowledge"), López said on the program Jugando Pelota Dura.
He said he will not reveal the source’s identity, adding that there is more than one source and that colleagues on other platforms have said they had the same information. López said the matter is extremely serious, which is why he used his platforms to denounce it. The allegations surfaced Tuesday, when López said on TeleOnce’s program Nación that a source told him González Colón personally called Supreme Court judges to ask them to change their votes in favor of annulling the LUMA Energy contract.
The governor called the allegations "totally false" at a press conference. She said they aim to divert attention and that she has had no intervention with any judge. She noted that several former Supreme Court justices are on LUMA’s legal team, including Edgardo Rivera, who also works for the Puerto Rico Senate, former justice Hernández Denton, and attorneys from DLA Piper and Frank Torres Viada’s firm.
Another LUMA lawyer is José Andrew Fuentes, son of former Chief Justice José Andrés García. La Fortaleza Public Affairs Secretary Jean Peña Payano also denied the claims. Chief Justice Maite Oronoz Rodríguez said no one, regardless of position, can interfere in a judicial decision. LUMA Energy requested an investigation into the allegations.