The ex-president of the House of Representatives, Jose Aponte Hernandez, condemned that an intention existed to propose the celebration of a convention of status, affirming that a mandate of town in favor of the estadidad already exists.
The expressions of Aponte Hernández are in response to the proposal of the incoming President of the Chamber, Rafael ‘Tatito’ Hernández Montañez who would be advancing his intention to make a convention of leaders chosen to resolve the issue of the status.
“The people expressed themselves, freely and democratically, and chose to be a state of the American Union in a consultation in which all parties participated, including the Democratic People’s Party which defended the ‘no’ option, which did not In fact, the ‘yes’ to the statehood got 53 percent of the vote, more than any other candidate for election and by far.Even members of the People’s Party voted for the statehood. democratic mandate for the state and we will fulfill this will of our town. This initiative of convention of status is discarded completely “, indicated the ex-president of the House of Representatives in written expressions.
On the other hand, Aponte Hernández pointed out that the PPD majority in the Chamber “is the minimum, in the Senate the PPD has no majority and the Executive is in the hands of a governor of the PNP who does respect the desire to the people and will fulfill this mandate “.
According to the legislator, in 2014, both Hernández Montañez and the then PPD leadership in the House created a special status commission precisely to discuss this issue, which “never held a single meeting, not even to approve its own regulations “.