“A Date with Destiny”
Remarks by Governor Pedro Roselló
My goal tonight is to try to speak for every Puerto Rican with respect to our collective aspiration to forge a final democratic solution to the centuries-old quandary surrounding Puerto Rico’s political indefinition. Because I truly believe that Puerto Rico’s date with destiny is imminent, I want to reexamine with you the tapestry upon which that destiny is being woven on countless looms in countless venues, even as you and I discuss it among ourselves.A Permanent Solution Under the U.S. Constitution, the power and the authority for determining Puerto Rico’s political status is vested totally in the Congress.Congressman Don…