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Liga de Ciudades rules out going to Supreme Court to reduce burden on municipalities

The organization assured it will continue to fight for the municipalities, while denouncing that the central government has “failed” them

August 3, 2024 - 5:43 AM

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Cristina Miranda Palacios, executive director of the League of Cities, pointed out that the elimination of the Equalization Fund would render some 43 municipal governments on the island "unviable," posing a risk to the essential services received by about a third of Puerto Rico's total population. (vanessa.serra@gfrmedia.com)

By Efraín Montalbán Ríos

Periodista de Negociosefrain.montalban@gfrmedia.com

The Liga de Ciudades de Puerto Rico ruled out Tuesday the possibility of going to the Supreme Court to appeal the decision of the Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in Boston, which upheld the nullity of the Municipalities Administrative Burden Reduction Act (Act 29-2019), said Cristina Miranda Palacios, executive director of the organization.