Backyard Bondholders Inc., an organization representing about 20 percent of the government's outstanding public debt, met a briefing Wednesday with several members of the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico to establish the position of local bondholders.
The Ad Hoc Group of Puerto Rico General Obligation bondholders addressed a memo Tuesday to island policymakers claiming the unconstitutionality of the Sales Tax Financing Corp., known as COFINA, and asking for its invalidation.
The Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico sent a letter to the outgoing and incoming governors confirming, among other things, that the Commonwealth will face a deficit of $67.5 billion over the next 10 years.