Contenido automatizadoParcialmente escrito o traducido con información proporcionada por una herramienta de inteligencia artificial.The entity imposed by the PROMESA Act has challenged 10 laws in the courts and objected to more than 60 measures pending before the Legislature over the past decadeJune 30, 2026 - 10:45 AMResearcher and former representative José Bernardo Márquez Reyes and Cristina Miranda Palacios, director of the League of Cities, discuss the effects of the PROMESA Act on the Legislative Branch. (Ramon "Tonito" Zayas)With an undefeated record in the courts after challenging 10 laws enacted by elected officials, objecting to at least 18 others outside the judicial process, and opposing another 64 bills while they were still pending before the Legislature, the Financial Oversight and Management Board (FOMB) has become “a fourth branch of government” with far greater power than the Legislative Assembly, according to a report by the Puerto Rico League of Cities released a decade after the Board was imposed under the federal PROMESA Act. Popular en la Comunidad
A fourth branch of government? Study points to the Fiscal Control Board’s increasing intervention in the Legislature
The entity imposed by the PROMESA Act has challenged 10 laws in the courts and objected to more than 60 measures pending before the Legislature over the past decade
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