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By removing the Commonwealth option, Congress would be unilaterally revoking a political status voluntarily adopted by the people of Puerto Rico through a vote, writes José Hernández Mayoral
By removing the Commonwealth option, Congress would be unilaterally revoking a political status voluntarily adopted by the people of Puerto Rico through a vote, writes José Hernández Mayoral
Voter suppression is typically about blocking voters from the ballot box in order to guarantee the result desired by those in power. A new variant is now creeping up in Congress, this time from the Democratic side, in the form of option suppression. A compromise bill is being concocted for a Puerto Rico status referendum that would assure a statehood win by disqualifying the current Commonwealth status as an option. This is liberal democracy taking a bad turn.
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