[8] Winning by a landslide against Partido Nuevo Progresista incumbent mayor María Meléndez, Irizarry Pabón was scheduled to take office on 11 January 2021.

[9] Irizarry Pabón is the first mayoral candidate in the modern history of Ponce to win with more than 60% of votes cast.

[10] Irizarry Pabón recovered the Ponce mayoral office for his PPD party after 12 years under the control of the Partido Nuevo Progresista (PNP).

[11] The municipal executive was suspended from his position on November 1, 2023 after cause was found for arrest against him on four charges presented precisely by the Office of the Panel on the Special Independent Prosecutor (OPFEI), which accuse him of violations of Article 4.2 of the Government Ethics Law and Article 251 of the Penal Code, for alleged unjustified enrichment.

(Source: Primera Hora, https://www.primerahora.com/noticias/gobierno-politica/notas/luis-irizarry-pabon-continuara-suspendido-al-cargo-de-alcalde-de-ponce/) In June 2004, Puerto Rico newspaper El Nuevo Dia, reported, "Suspended Ponce Mayor Luis Irizarry Pabón will face a jury trial after August for allegedly coercing municipal agency heads to pay his personal debt that amounted to more than $53,000."