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On the recordApril 13, 2021
What does it mean supporting or voting for statehood. What does it mean? What are the implications?
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Aníbal Acevedo-Vilá
Puerto Rico

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Acevedo-Vila emphasizes the need for public understanding of statehood implications.

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Jun 23, 2009

H.R. 2499 does not include this alternative. I totally agree with the petition from various factions in the sense that we have to express our preferences on the status issue.

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Jun 23, 2009

For the reasons described above, we oppose H.R. 2499 and submit the Constitutional Assembly alternative as the most democratic and viable option to allow the People of Puerto Rico to express its will.

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Jun 23, 2009

H.R. 2499 does not provide for a fair process.

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