All posts tagged "Popular Democratic Party"

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  PDP leader: Commonwealth is superior to statehood

  SAN JUAN – The territorial commonwealth (ELA by its Spanish acronym) is superior and more beneficial to the island than statehood, attorney José Alfredo Hernández Mayoral, one of the spokespeople of the newly created Autonomist Resistance organization....

  • Posted April 11, 2017
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  PDP: US senators side with party on Puerto Rico status referendum

  SAN JUAN – The president of the Popular Democratic Party (PPD), Héctor Ferrer, welcomed a letter signed by eight U.S. senators in which they say the June 11 Puerto Rico status referendum is unconstitutional and say commonwealth...

  • Posted April 6, 2017
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  PDP urges voters to ‘damage’ status referendum ballots

  SAN JUAN – Popular Democratic Party (PDP) President Héctor Ferrer will recommend his party to vote in the June 11 political-status plebiscite, but write “no” on the ballot, which would technically invalidate it. Ferrer said the PDP aims...

  • Posted April 4, 2017
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  Ángel Rosa Urges PDP Supporters to Boycott Status Referendum

  SAN JUAN – Former Popular Democratic Party (PDP) Sen. Ángel Rosa urged his party’s supporters not to vote in the June 11 political-status referendum. “I think that PDP voters, lacking any option for autonomy in the ballot,...

  • Posted April 3, 2017
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  PDP President Insists Party Needs Discipline

  SAN JUAN – Popular Democratic Party (PDP) President Héctor Ferrer emphasized Monday that party members must abide by the party’s regulations and have discipline. Ferrer was reacting to Hormigueros Mayor Pedro García‘s announcement that he would vote for sovereignty...

  • Posted March 27, 2017
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  PDP continues efforts in Washington against status referendum

  SAN JUAN – The Popular Democratic Party (PDP) is still conducting its efforts in Washington, D.C. to deter the June 11 Puerto Rico political-status plebiscite proposed by Gov. Ricardo Rosselló‘s administration. PDP President Héctor Ferrer seeks to hold...

  • Posted March 20, 2017
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  Héctor Ferrer says former Sen. Maritere González’s case should serve as example

    SAN JUAN – The president of the Popular Democratic Party (PDP), Héctor Ferrer, said Tuesday that the outcome of the judicial process begun against former Sen. Mari Tere González should serve as a precautionary note for...

  • Posted March 7, 2017
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  PDP Demands ‘Prudence’ in Governor’s ‘State of the State’ Speech

  SAN JUAN – The Popular Democratic Party (PDP) leadership in Congress requested Gov. Ricardo Rosselló to be “prudent” and “responsible” in Tuesday’s message before the Legislative Assembly. “The prudent and reasonable thing is for the governor to...

  • Posted February 28, 2017
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  Ferrer Announces New PDP Work Team

  SAN JUAN – Isabela Mayor Charlie Delgado Altieri was designated Monday the Popular Democratic Party’s (PDP) secretary-general as part of the new work team led by newly elected party leader Héctor Ferrer. The announcement was made in a...

  • Posted February 27, 2017
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  Héctor Ferrer to challenge Promesa’s legality

  Issued his first press conference as PDP president

  • Posted February 26, 2017