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It is the Legislative Assembly’s finding that, given the Commonwealth’s ongoing fiscal crisis, during this extraordinary emergency period the Government should prioritize the payment of essential services over debt service not only to provide for the health, safety and welfare of the residents of the Commonwealth but also to avoid a further economic downturn and fiscal and humanitarian crisis that would ultimately materially worsen the creditor’s recovery on their Puerto Rico bonds.\nHistory —Apr. 6, 2016, No. 21, § 108.