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Lic. Manuel Rodríguez Orellana, Secretario de Relaciones
con Norteamérica del PIP hizo las siguientes
declaraciones en torno al Informe de Casa Blanca sobre
el estatus de Puerto Rico:
El Informe, como era de esperarse, no contiene
sorpresas. Reitera la condición colonial de Puerto Rico
bajo un ELA territorial, sujeto a los poderes del
Congreso de EEUU. Reitera la recomendación de que se
lleve a cabo una votación auspiciada por el gobierno de
EEUU, para que los puertorriqueños indiquen si quieren
seguir siendo colonia (sí o no), o encaminarnos hacia un
estatus no colonial, no territorial, y plenamente
democrático. No obstante, reconoce que pudieran
celebrarse otras votaciones, como han propuesto, o
cualquier otro método que pudiere surgir de una
iniciativa puertorriqueña. Esto coincide con la
propuesta del Partido Independentista Puertorriqueño de
que pueda celebrarse una Asamblea Constitucional de
Estatus para considerar solamente opciones no
coloniales, no territoriales.
Esta es la segunda vez consecutiva que el gobierno de
EEUU reitera la naturaleza colonial y territorial del
ELA -aparte de las veces que lo ha reiterado el
Departamento de Justicia y de Estado, así como otros
presidentes de EEUU.. Al que no le gusta el caldo le dan
3 tazas y falta ver si el liderato colonialista del
Partido Popular va a esperar la tercera taza, o si van a
aprovechar la oportunidad para apoyar la posición
descolonizadora que ha propuesto el PIP.
PIP: Official declaration of
Puerto Rico's colonial status is no surprise
Manuel Rodríguez Orellana, PIP's Secretary for
Relations with North America, made the following
statement regarding the President's Task Force Report on
the Status of Puerto Rico:
As expected, there are no surprises in the second
Presidential Task Force Report on Puerto Rico's Status.
The Report reiterates the colonial nature of a Puerto
Rico subject to the sovereignty of the U.S. by the
powers of Congress under the Territory Clause of the U.S.
constitution. It restates its proposal of a federally-sponsored
referendum on whether Puerto Rico should continue under
the present territory status, or move on to a
non-colonial, non-territorial, fully democratic status.
Interestingly, the Report suggests, in addition to
subsequent referenda, the possibility of a Puerto Rican
initiative to arrive at a permanent, fully democratic,
non-territorial status. This is in harmony with the
Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP) proposal, and the
amended bill approved by the House Resources Committee
this year, opening the door to a Constitutional Status
Assembly for non-territorial, fully democratic
decolonization options.The governor can no longer resort
to the demagogic argument that characterizes the
Resources Committee amended version as a "statehood bill."
Notwithstanding the current governor's "threats" to
withdraw his fantasized support for the U.S. at the
United Nations unless the territory is considered
non-territorial, the Report belies pro-commonwealth
Popular Democratic Party contentions that the 1952
arrangment was a decolonizing form of self-determination.
The Administration's position that the 1952 commonwealth
did not alter Puerto Rico's status underscores the
nature of that arrangement as colonal, precisely as the
independence movement has always contended.
In addition to the public statements of the U.S.
State and Justice Departments over the years, as well as
the public statements by various U.S. presidents of both
political parties, and congressional expressions to the
same effect, this is second consecutive official
declaration by the government of the United States in
two years reiterating the colonial nature of the
commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Congress now faces the
inescapable duty to exercise its moral and legal
obligation to provide for Puerto Rico's self-determination
and decolonization by disposing of the territory. |
