By The Star Staff
Given the filing of a candidacy for the Senate for the District of Mayagüez by the suspended mayor of Mayagüez, José Guillermo Rodríguez Rodríguez, Popular Democratic Party (PDP) President Jesús Manuel Ortiz González asked Rodríguez on Thursday “to reconsider your candidacy, and for the good of the PDP” withdraw it and focus his energies on defending himself before justice.
“I recognize the right of every person to aspire to the position they wish. As president, I guarantee fair processes to every candidate, framed in guaranteeing candidates that comply with the requirements of the law and in the presentation of a strengthened PDP for the 2024 election,” Ortiz González said in a written statement. “This is why, although Rodríguez Rodríguez’s aspiration will be evaluated by The Candidate Qualification Commission, I reiterate the position that I have assumed in this and other cases regarding candidates and/or incumbents who face legal situations in process.”
“This is a particularly delicate case since it is in an advanced judicial stage,” the PDP president added. “If Rodríguez continues with his candidacy, it is up to the Qualifying Commission to evaluate this case and make its recommendation to the Secretary General.”
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