Mayor resigns as PDP municipal president in Juana Díaz

Juana Diaz Mayor Ramón Hernández Torres

By The Star Staff

Juana Díaz Mayor Ramón Hernández Torres announced on Monday that after 27 years as the municipal president of the Popular Democratic Party (PDP) in the southern coastal town, he will resign from that position effective Dec. 31.

“These have been years of great challenges, but also of victories, unity, and unwavering commitment,” Hernández Torres said in a written statement. “These achievements cannot be explained by a single person, but rather by collective sacrifice, the passion of our members, and faith in the popular ideal.”

The municipal executive clarified that his resignation applies exclusively to the presidency of the local committee and that he will continue in his duties as mayor, a position he has held for the past 25 years.

In his letter to PDP President Pablo José Hernández Rivera, Hernández Torres stressed that each electoral victory achieved by the party in Juana Díaz reaffirmed the fighting spirit of grassroots activism and its confidence in social justice and democracy.

“When the time comes to bid farewell to the Municipal Presidency, I will do so with the satisfaction of a duty accomplished, with the joy of having been part of a historic chapter, and with the hope that new leaders, with the same passion and dedication, will take up this task to lead the Popular Party in Juana Díaz to new victories,” the mayor wrote.

Hernández Torres expressed his gratitude for the trust he has received over nearly three decades and emphasized that his departure from the municipal PDP presidency “does not represent a farewell, but rather the continuity of a shared history with the grassroots of this municipality.”