Sanders will seek to cancel "Whitefish" contract

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By Radio Isla - Oct 27, 2017

Vermont state Senator Bernie Sanders said on Friday he would seek Congress to overturn Whitefish Electric's contract with the Electric Power Authority (AEE).

"Everything I've seen seems like a scandal. It seems to me that the idea that the Government and the Electric Power Authority will not seek for mutual help, which is what is usually done in this type of situation, surprises me. The compensation packages that this contract has seem extraordinarily high. We learned today that there is a provision in that contract that prohibits the state and federal government from auditing compensations and salaries which is not acceptable and is simply illegal. This is federal money and our job is to ensure that Puerto Rico is rebuilt as quickly as possible, as effectively as possible and as cost-effectively as possible. What worries me, not only in Puerto Rico, is that when there are billions of dollars for reconstruction, There are people out there who want to make a lot of profit in the way they can. And we have to say no, "he added.

Sanders arrived on Friday in Puerto Rico and visited with the mayor of San Juan, Carmen Yulín Cruz Soto, the Playita community, which received a strong impact from Hurricane Maria. The senator of the Democratic Party also held a meeting with part of the union leadership, the mayor of Comerio Josian Santiago and vice mayor of Vieques, Daisy Cruz.

As part of the agenda, they discussed the situation of the electric power system and how to restore it more efficiently; the interference of the Fiscal Control Board and the economic problems of the municipalities and the role of the Corps of Engineers with the reopening of the schools.

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