PR: Explain the fund transfer, Acevedo

New Progressive Party (NPP) Senate minority leader Kenneth McClintock said he would file a petition to both the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) and the State Elections Commission (SEC) to investigate an alleged illegal transfer of $70,000 into Popular Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial candidate Anibal Acevedo Vila’s campaign account.

“I will leave for Washington D.C. tomorrow to file the complaints at the FEC,” McClintock said during a joint press conference with NPP senatorial candidate for San Juan district Roberto Arango.

McClintock said Acevedo Vila illegally transferred a $70,000 surplus from his 2000 campaign account for resident commissioner to boost his gubernatorial campaign.

According to both NPP leaders, the PDP president should have detailed all the contributions that make up the $70,000 surplus to make sure that they don’t exceed the $1,000 limit per individual during an election year set by the Puerto Rico Electoral Law.