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Puerto Rico House Anticorruption Panel Lacks Quorum, Defers Vote on Bill to Referendum
Summary
The House Committee on Anticorruption and Public Integrity met June 17 to consider a measure that would amend portions of Ley 178-2001; the committee lacked the required quorum and announced it will circulate a referendum for the bill's approval. No amendments were filed in the designated period.
Héctor Ferger Santiago, president of the House Committee on Anticorruption and Public Integrity, opened a public session June 17 in Hearing Room No. 2 to consider the bill described in the record as “proyecto de la cámara 969,” which seeks to repeal and amend articles of Ley 178-2001, according to the session record.
The committee’s executive director, Jaime Márquez Frankie, told members the convening notice and a draft of the bill were circulated to committee…
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