The alternatives under discussion for the governmental restructuring in the new Fiscal Plan state that the Government of Puerto Rico will be reduced from 114 agencies to between 18 and 27 agencies, a figure way smaller than the one discussed up to today by the Rosselló-Nevares administration.

The documents also reflect an evaluation of each agency which should determine what should be done in each particular case, be it closing, selling, submission for Public-Private Alliance, consolidation or for it to remain intact.

The documents offered to NotiCel by a source are not the complete Fiscal Plan which is expected to be presented today, but revised interim versions of the sections relative to the governmental restructuring.

The mental workout being done by the government on which public services they will be cutting is something that the Fiscal Control Board (FCB) has required from day one in every Fiscal Plan evaluation in a vehement manner, and one which Rosselló had agreed with. In fact, before hurricane María, that discussion had led the FCB to amend the first version of the Fiscal Plan to entrap the government into shortening work days and cut the Christmas Bonus if certain savings were not achieved. That alternative, which stemmed from the fact that the Plan did not offer enough details on the governmental restructuring, was rescinded by the FCB after the hurricane.

But in a letter on February 5, where the FCB returns the Fiscal Plan draft to the Governor asking for it to be more comprehensive and specific, the governing body of the country's finances demanded a list of the public services that will be eliminated, reduced or privatized as well as a time frame in which the changes would be implemented. Likewise it asked for a more in-depth labor reform for the private sector, which the governor announced yesterday.

In the case of the agencies, the documents establish an executive government of around 11 to 14 departments with some independent entities, such as the State Elections Commission.

The drafts also discuss the evaluation process to conclude what to do with each agency and the time frame for the stages to change the status of each agency in as much as a year.

To verify how each agency remains in the evaluation and the alternatives under consideration, see the documents below:

Draft of government reductions October 9 - 2017

Draft of government reductions October 26 - 2017