The Secretary General of the New Progressive Party (PNP), Carmelo Ríos Santiago, announced that a group of members of the PNP, including elected officials, will travel to the federal capital today, Sunday, to participate in the submission of the new admission. project, which will be presented on March 2 by the resident commissioner in Washington, Jenniffer González Colón.
Through a press release, the also deputy chairman of the PNP in the Senate emphasized the importance of submitting the measure to the admission process.
“The PNP is an ideological party, with an established north that is known to everyone. Our governor (Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia) has made it clear that this will be the four-year period of state, as the people have demanded in the elections. In accordance with the November 3 election mandate and the new government’s public policy, we will guide our leadership in this historic step towards a state with the submission of this measure prepared by our Resident Commissioner and Representative Darren Soto (Democrat -Florida). Both have taken a historic step with this legislation, ”said Ríos Santiago.
Pierluisi Urrutia and González Colón will be accompanied by a group of congressmen who have expressed support for the initiative.
Among the island’s elected officials who will be in Congress for the submission of the historic measure are the representative for District # 1 of San Juan, Eddie Charbonier Chinea, the representative for District # 5 of San Juan, Jorge ‘Georgie’ Navarro Suárez, and Senators Nitza Morán Trinidad (San Juan), Keren Riquelme (Accumulation) and Marissa ‘Marisita’ Jiménez Santoni (Carolina).
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The statesman contingent will also visit congressmen and other officials to advance the adoption of the new measure.
“104 have been completed since the granting of US citizenship to the residents of Puerto Rico and our goal is that after March 2, that day will also be remembered for the commencement of the process for the admission of Puerto Rico as the new state of the United States. american union. That is why members of the PNP will visit the federal capital and take actions in Puerto Rico during that day to spread the message of the importance of the project that will be submitted for the benefit of all Puerto Ricans, ”added the senator. for the Bayamón district.
Ríos Santiago announced that he will report on a range of activities and initiatives in support of the submission of the certificate of admission in the coming days.