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Please read, evaluate and distribute to interested parties. This is the Tennessee plan statehood threat.
The following are quotes from a resolution unanimously approved by the New Progressive Party’s delegates gathered in a General Assembly held on August 20, 2006, at the El Conquistador Hotel, Fajardo, Puerto Rico.
“The state of affairs and the political, economic and social bankruptcy, in which
the Commonwealth finds itself, compels the statehood movement to seek
additional strategies in order to free our People from the chains that bind us to
inferiority and submission, in order to demand, upright and facing forward, our
political equality. This can be achieved without abandoning traditional efforts.
Nevertheless, we must include in our plans those valiant and daring strategies
which may have been used successfully by territories of the United States in their
struggle to achieve Statehood. This is the case of the Tennessee Plan, which
was put into execution in 1796 by the then-territory of Tennessee, in view of
Congress’ inaction in attending to their claims against colonization. The territorial
Governor convoked a constitutional assembly in order to adopt the Constitution
of the State of Tennessee, which included a provision ordering the election of all
of the officials who would occupy the public offices at the municipal, state and
federal levels, immediately after its approval. As soon as the Legislative
Assembly met under the new Constitution of the “State” of Tennessee, they
proceeded to select its two senators, who traveled to the Federal Congress to
demand their seats and the admission of Tennessee as a State. Tennessee was
admitted as a State of the Union in less than three months after having selected
its congressional delegation. The Tennessee Plan served as a historical
precedent for six (6) other territories which had experienced procrastination on
the part of Congress in attending to their claims to become States. The unilateral
action of the Tennessee Plan was implemented by Michigan, Iowa, California,
Oregon, Kansas and Alaska, who organized themselves as states by adopting a
constitution to those effects; they elected their congressional delegations, and
sent them to demand their seats in Washington D.C. All of these territories were
admitted as States.
”
This is, of course NOT AN IDDLE THREAT:
“...the New Progressive Party must adopt the Tennessee Plan as an
additional strategy in its struggle to attain Statehood. Whereas a vote for the New
Progressive Party and/or its candidates in 2008 is a mandate for the New
Progressive Party government which takes office in January of 2009, to
implement the Tennessee Plan. This shall be done through legislation which will
establish a process for the adoption and ratification of the Constitution of the
State of Puerto Rico, and the election of two senators and six federal
congresspersons to appear before Congress in Washington D.C. to claim their
seats and the admission of Puerto Rico as the 51st State of the United States of
America.
”
And so the statehood party leaders conspire to force their views on the party's rank and file:
“THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE NEW PROGRESSIVE PARTY HEREBY
RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1: The New Progressive Party adopts the Tennessee Plan as an
additional strategy for the decolonization and the claim for the admission of
Puerto Rico as the 51st State of the United States of America.
Section 2: A vote for the New Progressive Party and/or its candidates in 2008 is
a mandate for the New Progressive Party government which takes office in
January of 2009, to implement the Tennessee Plan. This shall be done through
legislation which will establish a process for the adoption and ratification of the
Constitution of the State of Puerto Rico, and the election of two senators and six
federal congresspersons to appear before Congress in Washington D.C. to claim
their seats and the admission of Puerto Rico as the 51st State of the United
States of America.
Section 3: This Resolution shall be known as the DECLARATION FOR
DECOLONIZATION AND STATEHOOD.
Section 4: The leadership of the New Progressive Party is instructed to develop
a campaign for the education, training and orientation of the People regarding
Statehood and the Tennessee Plan, as well as the different ways to achieve the
admission of a territory towards Statehood.
Section 5: We add as a requirement that to be certified as an official candidate
for the New Progressive Party in the general elections, said candidate must have
attended a seminar regarding Statehood. This requirement shall be strictly
enforced. The Secretary General shall be responsible for organizing and offering
the seminar and, together with the President, for issuing a certificate of
completion to the participants.
Section 6: This resolution shall become effective immediately upon its approval.
Unanimously approved by the New Progressive Party’s delegates
gathered in a General Assembly held on August 20, 2006, at the El
Conquistador Hotel, Fajardo, Puerto Rico.
(Signed)
DR. PEDRO ROSSELLÓ
President
(Signed)
Thomas Rivera-Schatz, Esq.
Secretary General
Mr. Rosselló was defeated by Resident Commissioner Luis Fortuño in the New Progressive party's primary. He now heads a “Write-In” movement in a meager attempt to defeat Fortuño's bid for governor of Puerto Rico. Fortuño meanwhile enlisted the aid of local FBI officials and secured 24 charges of corruption against the incumbent governor, Aníval Acevedo. The charges do not carry enough weight to remove the governor immediately from office so the trial has been set until after the elections. It is very likely that the governor will prevail, but his image has been badly damaged by the constant propaganda from the New Progressive Party, and Fortuño's chances of winning are thus vastly improved.
There is about one month left before the elections. The people of Puerto Rico have soundly defeated statehood in every plebiscite ever held, but the New Progressive Party intends to suppress the will of the electorate by unilaterally replacing the island's Constitution with the party's own, illegally electing State officials, and sending them to Congress to demand statehood. There is still time to tell Congress and the nation about this planned outrage against democracy. It is important to send a clear message to those who would trample the will of the people that America will defeat their efforts. Act now!
References:
http://puertoricoadvancement.org/Documents/Mr.%20Charles%20A.%20Rodr%C3%ADguez,%20Esq.%20-%20Tennessee%20Plan%20Resolution.pdf
http://www.alaska.edu/creatingalaska/StatehoodFiles/infodocs/tennesseeplan/admissionofthebold.xml
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