By The Star Staff
Gov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia said on Thursday that out of deference to the President of the United States, Joseph “Joe” Biden, Jr., he will not comment on whether or not he should renounce the candidacy for the Democratic Party.
“President Biden is currently the Democratic Party candidate. He won by a wide margin in the party’s primary process. He has the delegates necessary to confirm his candidacy at the convention, but he can clearly make the decision to withdraw from the candidacy,” the governor said in response to questions from the press.
“I am not going to say anything beyond what I just said. The one who really has to make the decision is the president because he prevailed in the primary. But we have seen congressional leaders calling on him to reconsider his position. We have seen other leaders of the Democratic Party doing the same and I am not going to get ahead of myself. We will see what decision the president makes. I have the greatest deference and respect for him because he has behaved excellently with Puerto Rico. He has been a great president for Puerto Rico and as a Puerto Rican, the least I should give him is the space for him to make that decision and treat him with the deference and respect he deserves,” he added.
Regarding the future of the vote on Puerto Rico’s status and the Republican Party’s determination to eliminate language favoring statehood for the Island from its platform, Pierluisi Urrutia insisted on maintaining the claim.
“We will see what happens at the electoral level in the United States. Let us not get ahead of ourselves. We have to continue making our demands. It does not matter who is in charge of the federal government. It does not matter who is in charge of the federal government, it does not matter who is in charge of the United States Congress. This fight is a worthy fight, it is a fight that will not expire until the colony is over. The status we have is shameful and we have to raise our voice through the vote,” he said.
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