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What was the Transitional Council and what were its functions?
It was created by the Guidelines for establishing the Benefits Council and carrying out the election in which retirees and active employees of the Government of Puerto Rico are eligible to vote to elect the people who will represent them in the Benefits Council for a period of 4 years. The Transitional Council will identify and secure the resources it deems necessary, including an electoral process administrator, to ensure that the election is a fair and transparent process. Transitional Council or Benefits Council during its Transition Period Identified and contracted the resources it deemed necessary, including an elections process administrator, to ensure that the election was a transparent and fair process.
Additionally, the Transitional Council ensured that the Government of Puerto Rico made the required deposits and complied with the conditions for withdrawing funds from THE RESERVE to pay pensions until the elections were held to select the members of the Pension Benefits Council.
Meet the members who served
Official Committee of Retired Employees Appointees:
- Carmen Núñez Rodríguez, retiree, Central Government Employee Retirement System
- Blanca Paniagua Adorno, retiree, Central Government Employee Retirement System
- Wanda Santiago López, retiree, Teachers Retirement System
- Juan Ortiz Curet, retired teacher, Teachers Retirement System
- Carlos Cabán García, retired judge, Judicial Retirement
AFSCME/Servidores públicos Unidos Appointees:
- Sandra Pacheco Santiago, administrative assistant of the Department of Transportation and AFSCME/SPU member
- Vacant
Appointee of the Governor of Puerto Rico
- Francisco Domenech Fernández, Esq., Secretary of the Governor and Executive Director of the Puerto Rico Fiscal Agency and Financial Advisory Authority (AAFAF, for its Spanish acronym), represented by Pedro De Jesús Román, Senior Executive Advisor, AAFAF.
Financial Oversight Board Appointee
- Jason Fichtner, Executive Director, Retirement Income Institute.