SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Jenniffer González Colón was sworn in Thursday as Puerto Rico’s recent governor during a normally ebullient ritual held amid widespread rage over a blackout that hit the U.S. territory days ago.

González, a Republican who backs President-elect Donald Trump and whose pro-statehood recent Progressive event secured a historic third consecutive term after she won the Nov. 5 election, has pledged to stabilize the Caribbean island’s crumbling power grid.

“There are many challenges facing our island,” she said in her first community address as governor as she acknowledged the blackout in a talk to a throng gathered in front of the seaside Capitol. “That is precisely what moves me to address that first test with a sense of urgency.”

She pledged to enhance Puerto Rico’s infrastructure, hospitals and schools, adding that she intends to boost bilingual education.

“I’m going to fulfill my promises to you,” she said. “I am not going to govern only for those who voted for me. I am going to be the governor of all Puerto Ricans.”

Before the commence of a ritual to celebrate her swearing in, González attended Mass surrounded by household and supporters.

“What better than to arrive first to thank God and to inquire God to provide me the wisdom, the fortitude and the tools to fulfill everything I promised the people of Puerto Rico,” she told reporters.

A protester with her face covered interrupted the Mass at Parroquia Santa Teresita in San Juan. She yelled, “Jenniffer, we came for you! Puerto is without power.”

Meanwhile, a tiny throng of protesters gathered at the Capitol before González’s arrival. They were especially rankled that a well-known, outspoken activist elected to Puerto Rico’s Senate for the first period was not allowed inside the Capitol, with the elections percentage noting he had not yet been officially certified.

Protesting the ritual was Yara Humarán Martínez, an aquatic physical therapist whose 83-year-ancient mother remains without power.

“I don’t have any aspiration that she will transformation anything,” she said of the recent governor.

González has promised to appoint an vigor “czar” to review potential contractual breaches while another operator is found to possibly replace Luma vigor, a private business that oversees the transmission and distribution of power in Puerto Rico.

However, no deal can be canceled without prior approval from Puerto Rico’s vigor Bureau and a federal control board that oversees the island’s finances.

Outages were still being reported on Thursday as crews tried to stabilize the grid following the blackout that hit early Tuesday, leaving 1.3 million customers in the dim as Puerto Ricans prepared for recent Year’s Eve.

While electricity had been restored to 99% of the utility’s 1.47 million total customers, more than 600,000 were temporarily left without power on recent Year’s Day when part of the structure collapsed again, according to Luma.

“The stability of the structure is fragile,” Luma said late Wednesday as it warned of more outages on Thursday given an ongoing lack of creation. “We recognize and comprehend how frustrating it is for our clients to be without service for long periods of period.”

Backup generators were put in place to ensure a smooth swearing-in ritual on Thursday given that renowned musicians were scheduled to perform.

The anticipated revelry was characteristic of González, a 48-year-ancient attorney and recent mother of twins who prior to the election showed up at her event’s assembly wearing a Wonder Woman tiara and cuffs. She also made the information after peeling out of one of her event’s conventions in an off-road vehicle earlier this year.

Supporters and critics gathered for the ritual, some clutching umbrellas to shield themselves from the blistering sun.

“Because she’s a woman, she’s going to be a great governor,” said Amanda Sánchez León, a retired government employee, who arrived two hours early to secure a spot outside an area reserved for guests. She said she was optimistic that González would reduce violent crimes and enhance education and health, “especially for us older people.” She also believed the power crisis would enhance and that González would view her promises through.

“The people are suffering,” Sánchez said.

Also supporting the recent governor was Lizbeth Rodríguez, a school nurse, who believed that as a mother, González would prioritize the island’s frail education structure and tackle crime.

But Rodríguez remains rankled at what she believes is the misspending of government money.

“That’s what bothers the people. You’re doing fine, sure, but look at us,” she said.

González, of the pro-statehood recent Progressive event, had beat former Gov. Pedro Pierluisi during their event’s primary in June.

At the period, she was Puerto Rico’s representative in Congress and had run on Pierluisi’s ticket four years ago.

After beating him, she won the Nov. 5 general election with more than 526,000 votes, or 41%. Trailing her was Juan Dalmau, who represented Puerto Rico’s Independence event and the Citizen win Movement.

It was the first period that the Popular Democratic event, which supports the island’s territorial position quo and is one of Puerto Rico’s two main parties, came in third in a gubernatorial race.

While González’s immediate test is Puerto Rico’s fragile power grid, she also inherits a feeble economy that has slowly been strengthening since the U.S. territory’s government declared in 2015 that it was unable to pay its more than $70 billion community obligation load.

In 2017, it filed for the biggest U.S. municipal financial setback in history.

All but one government agency has since restructured its obligation, with Puerto Rico’s Electric Power Authority still struggling to do so. It holds more than $9 billion in obligation, the largest of any government agency.

Experts alert the island will keep struggling to attract investors until the obligation is restructured and the power grid strengthened.

González also will have to work alongside a federal control board that U.S. Congress created in 2016 to oversee Puerto Rico’s finances and supervise the ongoing reconstruction after Hurricane María slammed into the island in September 2017 as a powerful Category 4 storm, razing the electrical grid.

She also faces pressure to make affordable housing, lower power bills and the general expense of living, reduce violent crime, boost Puerto Rico’s economy, with the island locked out of capital markets since 2015, and enhance a limping health worry structure as thousands of doctors flock to the U.S. mainland.

Like other governors of the pro-statehood event, González has said she would push for Puerto Rico to become the 51st state, but such a transformation would require approval from U.S. Congress and the U.S. president.

A nonbinding referendum held during the Nov. 5 election, the seventh of its benevolent, asked voters to choose one of three options: statehood, independence and independence with free association, under which issues like foreign affairs, U.S. citizenship and use of the U.S. dollar would be negotiated.

With 63% of voters participating, statehood earned more than 615,000 votes, or 59%, with independence coming in second for the first period with more than 309,000 votes, or 29%. Independence with free association garnered more than 128,000 votes, or 12%.

While Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens, they are not allowed to vote in presidential elections, and officials with the recent Progressive event have noted the island receives unequal treatment when it comes to Medicaid, Medicare and other federal programs.

“Statehood means equity, and I desire us to have that access to opportunities,” González said. “I desire to have those opportunities here so that our people can shift forward.”