From The Star Staff
Juan Dalmau Ramírez, the previous gubernatorial candidate representing the Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP), revealed on Monday that “the Alliance” between the PIP and the Citizen Victory Movement will persist and introduced a reorganization strategy for his party, while also critiquing the initial steps taken by Gov. Jenniffer González Colón’s administration.
“The Alliance is ongoing and we must regard this journey as one filled with hope,” Dalmau Ramírez stated during a press briefing. “In the recent elections, we achieved what seemed impossible—not just securing the second place in the gubernatorial race, but also garnering more votes across various precincts.”
Prof. Carlos Gorrín Peralta, leader of the multidisciplinary team tasked with advising on the reorganization, expressed: “We intend to broaden and reinforce it within this new multisectoral group, to evaluate government actions and promote ideas for reform in partnership with legislative representatives.”
Dalmau Ramírez characterized the government’s actions in its initial days as “concerning, alarming, and scandalous,” specifically mentioning Administrative Order 1 signed by the Designated Secretary of Natural and Environmental Resources, Waldemar Quiles, and stated that his party will keep a watchful eye on any measures that undermine environmental protections.
“The initiatives taken by Jenniffer González’s government through executive orders and the decisions made by its agency leaders, as well as by the president of the University of Puerto Rico, are disturbing, alarming, and outrageous,” the lawyer remarked. “Those who proclaimed during the campaign their commitment to combat authoritarian and dictatorial regimes have effectively adopted a governing approach based on decrees, even acting contrary to constitutional guidelines and legal stipulations. A striking example is what has transpired with the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources. The notion that an agency head can nullify enabling laws, federal regulations, and constitutional mandates that protect the common good and the assets belonging to the people of Puerto Rico is utterly outrageous.”
“If the Legislative Assembly chooses to yield and permit its powers as a legislative body to be usurped in this process,” Dalmau Ramírez added, “the issue within the Legislative Assembly concerning our role as a collective, as well as that of the legislators from the Puerto Rican Independence Party, will involve monitoring and conducting the necessary investigations.”
On the possibility of a merger between the PIP and other movements, Dalmau Ramírez stated: “Currently, that is not being considered.”
“Each group preserved its unique identity due to differing ideas, although we reached mutual agreement that presents an alternative for change,” he concluded.
