Puerto Rico Senator Juan Oscar Morales said on Friday, November 13, that new referrals against Family Department Secretary Suzanne Roig emerged from an investigation into her trip to Spain coordinated with the SAMU foundation. Roig is on vacation, and Morales said the Government of Puerto Rico owes the foundation $355,000 under the contract. Morales said he spoke with the SAMU president, who confirmed possible ethical violations involving Roig.
"On Monday, the president of SAMU traveled to Puerto Rico and met with my work team, and based on the questions and answers and documents we were able to confirm that acts had indeed been committed that could possibly carry ethical violations and violations of the government of Puerto Rico’s regulations and laws," the legislator said. Morales said the foundation paid for ground transportation for five Family Department employees, and that in three instances SAMU covered the costs of three tourist visits and lunches.
"He proved it with invoices. Here we are not talking about 'they told me.' Here Mr. González presented invoices that accompanied the referral we made yesterday to the various authorities," Morales said.