Congressional Digest

Congressional Digest May 1998 No. 5 Vol. 77
“A Date with Destiny”

Puerto Rico Political Status

Statehood, Commonwealth, or Independence

“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…

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