Osvaldo Soto García

Osvaldo Soto García was Wanda Vazquez's nominee for Comptroller of Puerto Rico until he asked the governor to retire his nomination in September 2020. Biography Between 2006 and 2009, Soto García worked as a reporter for the WKAQ 580 AM radio station. He was Moca's public relations director and its head of the office of recreation and sports between 1996 and 2000. From 2000 to 2008 he was director of news, journalist, and moderator on the WABA 850 AM station in Aguadilla. He holds a degree in marketing from the University of Phoenix in Puerto Rico. Later, he obtained a juris doctor from the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico School of Law, however he has not passed the bar. Soto García then worked as the Senate Chief of Public Affairs under senate president Thomas Rivera Schatz. He currently functions as Secretary of Public Affairs and Political Affairs at the Fortaleza. According to the Governor's Office, he has led multimillion projects in the private sector and has been a consultant in federally funded projects.

Comptroller nomination On 15 September 2020, Governor Wanda Vázquez Garced, nominated him to the position of Comptroller of Puerto Rico, in a communication that also stated the nominations of 28 judges, 38 prosecutors and several individuals to other political positions.

Criticism There has been a notable opposition to his nomination, especially from the majority New Progressive Party, which controls both houses and the executive branch. The requirements for the job are limited to an age minimum of 30, American citizenship and Puerto Rico residency, but not for the person to be a CPA. Both the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Carlos "Johnny" Méndez, and the President of its Health Committee, Juan Oscar Morales, announced publicly that Soto García would face difficulties with his confirmation in that body, since the post requires confirmation by both House and Senate. Morales was opposed since he had done an investigation the previous May related to the buying of tests during the COVID-19 Pandemic, and Soto García, as Secretary of Public Affairs and Political Affairs, "criticized the investigation into possible acts of corruption." In a radio interview, the president of the college, Rosa M. Rodríguez Ramos, stated that they would "support a CPA" and "could not support him...Osvaldo García Soto."