The show, “La Comay,” is regularly broadcast on Mega TV Puerto Rico on a weekly basis. Disseminating these vile comments runs afoul of that principle and today I’m calling on the FCC to investigate.” “Broadcast stations are publicly licensed and expected to operate in the public interest. “If we allow these sorts of remarks to be broadcast, we are enabling the propagation of racist attitudes,” stated Velázquez. In an episode aired last week on “La Comay,” the program’s titular character directed xenophobic remarks towards Senator Eduardo Bhatia, and his wife Isabel Fernandez, suggesting the Senator was unfit to govern purely based on the couple’s countries of origin. Velázquez (D-NY) wrote a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), requesting an investigation into the continued use of racist, xenophobic, and homophobic remarks on a regularly aired Puerto Rican television show. We share together many lunches, parties, our pregnancies, the birth and growth of our children and the day to day of our lives, ”explained Lúgaro.Washington, DC - Today, Rep. During that time, she became our Chief Financial Officer and third highest-ranking employee. I worked side by side with her for over 6 years. Virginia, the employee Santarrosa talks about, more than an employee, was my co-worker and friend, a tireless worker that I personally recruited when I saw her work for the accounting firm that helped us in the financial and audit processes. “Not having been sued, nor being an employee of the company, the claim in question was not attended or handled in any way by this server or participated in the judicial process related to it. By that time, a year had elapsed since he resigned from the company and he was in the midst of campaigning with the Government of Puerto Rico. He explained that the lawsuit referred to was filed against the América Aponte & Asociados company in December 2015. Read more 18 migrants died and many injured at border in Morocco He clarified that he has never been sued, either personally or professionally, “for discrimination of any kind and when Santarrosa says otherwise, LIES.” If it had been, you can be very sure that not only would I have denied the allegations, but I would have presented evidence to support my position. “ nor was there the possibility of defending myself from what is alleged in it. He described that in a segment of about 15 minutes, where he mentioned his name on more than 20 occasions, accompanied by insults and accusations against him, Santarrosa referred to a lawsuit in which Lúgaro affirms that he was never a party, nor was he notified. “ I have always defended the fair and equitable treatment of every person, regardless of their race, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, or gender identity, ”he explained. He claimed that the allegations are false. “During the afternoon of yesterday, Kobbo Santarrosa, hidden behind a doll, made false, negligent, malicious and defamatory expressions against me in a television program on the Mega TV channel that is part of the SBS conglomerate, for the sole purpose of damage my reputation by claiming there was s I was sued for discrimination against a Dominican employee and that I had had to pay her for said acts, “Lúgaro said in written statements.
The candidate for governor for the Victoria Citizen Movement (MVC), Alexandra Lúgaro, considers going to court against Kobbo Santarrosa, for expressions made during the La Comay program.
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