Governor Pedro Pierluisi defended today, in front of the Committee of Natural Resources of the Federal Representative Chamber of Deputies on the legislative project that seeks the administration of Puerto Rico as it stands.
During the congressional visit, the project was discussed — also convened as HR 1522 by Congresswoman Darren Soto and Commissioner Jenniffer González — and HR 2070 by Nydia Velázquez and Alexandria Ocasio.
In his testimony, the Governor defends the results obtained in the general elections by giving the option in favor of the prevalence rate of 52%.
Además, ensures that the legislation does not oblige or impose the state of Puerto Rico. “If the state, the American citizens of Puerto Rico are concerned, there will be different rights, responsibilities, full representation in the United States Congress and a series of agreements on equal rights in all laws, policies and federal programs,” he said. Pierluisi, in addition, argues that the state will allow the Puerto Ricans to participate in the presidential elections of the United States, as well as the senators and four representatives before the Congress.
On the other hand, the governor describes the HR 2070 law, the authority of the congressmen Velázquez and Ocasio Cortez, as one who ignores the results of the consultation of the no. Plant that the medium presents a bureaucratic process without a limit to launch a solution and allego that includes options that the voters of Puerto Rico have and reconsidered.
During his tenure, Pierluisi compared the status of the island with other bodies in which the Congress held that it defined its position in terms of civil rights disputes.
“Hi, we are standing in the right path of history, defending the principles of democracy, respecting the equality and respect of the people of Puerto Rico. The time of the apologies – that the Congress will not interfere, that no option will take majority, or that the poor will not agree, will be accepted. Members of Congress will not be able to leave the support for self-determination because our people have voted and voted for the state. And in a democracy, the Ghanaian majority, ”said the governor.
Agreed that the project of Velázquez and Ocasio Cortez does not respond to the free determination of Puerto Rico, contrary to what is available in the title of the legislation.
“The 2070 project, ironically named the Puerto Rican Free State of Determination and is the most lewd in terms of free determination. It is an example of colonialism. Only the vote of Puerto Rican citizenship is ignored. deben decides on its status. It is not a free determination, it is an imposition “, dijo.
“The legislation that proposes tampoco is victorious, the only meaning that lies that islave by dicho the whole process that proposes the media, the Congress can avalar or reject the option that the people elija”, added.