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REMARKS OF FORMER GOVERNOR LUIS A. FERRE
I come before this group to express my opposition to the
latest proposals that have been offered in the quest for the
so-called culmination of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
Last year when I appeared before the full Committee I
affirmed, as I have repeatedly done in the past, my opposition
to any measure purpoting to develop commonwealth status which
would interfere with the inherent right of the U. S. citizens
of Puerto Rico to petition Congress for statehood any time they
choose to do so.
I also stated last year that the task of this Committee was
very difficult. As a member of the United States/Puerto Rico
Status Commission in 1967, I asked seven times for a definition
of culmination but could not get an answer from its advocates.
One year has gone by in the same endeavor and the difficulty of
the task has been made emminently clear by the fact that the
members of the Committee have been unable to come to any
agreement on specific proposals and as a solution to this impasse
some of the members have prepared draft proposals on which these
hearings are being held.
First of all, I want to strongly protest that hearings are
being held on proposals that do not reflect a consensus of the
full committe. I do not believe that the dubious procedure of
holding hearings on proposals that the full committe has not
approved is either appropiate or consistent with the intent or
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