Leaders of the Democratic People’s Party (PPD) have agreed today, Thursday, to begin the process of filing nominations to fill vacancies in leadership positions, including the presidency of the community.
According to the current president of La Pava, Carlos Delgado Altieri, The deadline for submitting applications is February 19. Until then, the PPD also hopes to fill the vacancy in the presidency of the People’s Women’s Organization following the death of past president Ada Skerrett.
“So we opened on Monday the 8th and ended on Friday, the 19th. Ten business days for the application period and for March 21 we would be carrying out a voting process that will be in the different districts through Puerto Rico“, Delgado Altieri explained in a press conference from the PPD headquarters in Porta de Terra.
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[AHORA] Leaders of the Democratic People’s Party offer press conference after culminating meeting of the community’s Governing Board.
Posted by Metro Puerto Rico on Thursday, February 4, 2021
In this case, the voting process would be carried out by means of the servo-cart modality to avoid agglomerations that lead to COVID-19 infections.
At the time of this publication, the only member of the community who has expressed interest in chairing the party is the President of the Senate, José Luis Dalmau Santiago.
The mayoress of Morovis, Carmen Maldonado, Had announced his intention to chair the PPD, but reported this morning that he resigned from office. In turn, he explained that his reason for not continuing was due to “sexist attitudes” shown by some members of the Governing Board.
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Following these allegations, multiple Pava leaders, including Dalmau Santiago himself and the former governor Alejandro García Padilla, Denied that it was this kind of attitude.
“I have a Senate of 12 and 6 are women. The Popular Party has in its history the first woman governor of Puerto Rico and I have great friends and public servants, as is the mayor of Loíza,” he said. senator president to press questions.
In the same way, García Padilla said that he had communicated with Maldonado and suggested that it was an outburst of courage.
“She knows that’s not true. Courage, perhaps, but she knows it’s not true“, Said the former governor.
In contrast, on arriving at the PPP headquarters to attend the meeting, Maldonado evaded questions from the press and gave up uttering expressions of respect.
“Out of respect for the institution, I will wait for the Board meeting and later I will be providing them with the relevant information,” the city executive reported.