PROMESA does not need to be amended, it needs to be repealed.
Thomas Rivera Schatz: “PROMESA does not need to be amended, it needs to be repealed.”
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Calls for the repeal of PROMESA, citing its failure to improve Puerto Rico's economic situation.
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