Senate to take up Education secretary’s confirmation, 15 other nominees

By THE STAR STAFF

Days after some Popular Democratic Party (PDP) lawmakers rejected the appointment of Ángel Toledo López as Education secretary, the PDPcontrolled Senate convened to vote on his confirmation Friday, along with 15 other nominees.

Gov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia nominated Toledo López following the resignation of former Education Secretary Eliezer Ramos Parés.

As previously reported by the STAR, PDP Rep. Héctor Ferrer Santago and Sen. Migdalia González Arroyo criticized the nomination because of tweets Toledo López posted 10 years ago in which he criticized the governorship of Alejandro García Padilla (2013-2016).

One of the posts said: “I have concluded that AGP is on drugs in addition to common idiocy. [He says] the economy is better than a year ago.”