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CPI Files Mandamus Against Department of Treasury for Access to Information
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San Juan – The Centro de Periodismo Investigativo (CPI) has filed a legal motion to compel the Department of Treasury and its acting secretary, Nelson J. Pérez Méndez, to release invoices from an advertising agency that have been withheld, ensuring compliance with his ministerial duty of transparency in public management. “We have exhausted all available administrative remedies to obtain the requested information through the Treasury’s Communications Office without success. We fulfilled our duty to request the invoices over two months ago. With no other remedy available, we have turned to the Court of First Instance, San Juan Division,” said Carla Minet, the CPI’s executive director. The CPI’s initial effort to obtain the information began on September 25, 2024, when its journalist José Manuel Encarnación Martínez sent an email to Vilmar Trinta Negrón, director of the Treasury’s Communications Office.
