Puerto Rico Governor Jenniffer González Colón said on Sunday that she will meet this week with Family Department Secretary Suzanne Roig Fuertes, who is returning from vacation. Roig had been away for multiple days aboard a cruise, while Pablo José Hernández said Roig should have been removed months ago. "Cuando ella llegue y se reporta sus funciones, porque hoy es domingo y no es un día laborable, pues entonces yo me reuniré con ella" (When she arrives and reports for duty, since November 15 is Sunday and not a workday, then I will meet with her), the governor said.
González Colón noted that "all agency heads are under evaluation" but reiterated her confidence in the Family secretary. On November 11, Roig Fuertes said in written statements that for the next two workdays she would be attending to a family commitment arranged several months earlier. Her return comes days after Senator Juan Oscar Morales requested a referral to the Office of Government Ethics (OEG) to seek an investigation into alleged irregularities in the awarding of a $355,646.50 Family Department contract to SAMU Foundation Corp.