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This article provides an overview of the governability problem in Puerto Rico, which implies the incapacity and inefficiency of the government to lead society. This problem is deeper than a poor public policy and lower institutional performance. It involves inherent issues of the government bureaucratic model and its politization. A primary finding is that public administration is the right hand of politicians to preserve power through the centralization over the public budget and decisions. Other data is that the government as a principal protagonist have became unacceptable and a main concern to promote good governmental performance. The article suggests developing in Puerto Rico a different type of interaction between citizens, private and public sector that contributes to change the traditional public administration ideas and organizational design. The governance approach is a flexible model of governing based on collaboration, consensus in a network organization.