I believe it has beeen longstanding law that Puerto Rico’s future is in its own hands already. They have had votes before, and chosen the status quo. Not sure what this new “law” is about.
>> They have had votes before, and chosen the status quo. Not sure what this new “law” is about. <<
When given the choice between status quo, statehood or independence, they have overwhelmingly chosen the status quo. In the more recent past, they’ve resorted to trying to refuse the option for status quo. I don’t know what the “independence with free association” is, but my guess is Puerto Ricans will understand it to mean that their American citizenship can be revoked, or that their children won’t receive it. So the idea is really “you allow us to impose statehood on you, so we can get two more Senators and 5 more Representatives, or we’ll punish you by deporting the very island you live on.”
It’s about votes...in Florida,New York,New Jersey,etc.
It’s probably about hoping Peurto Rico becomes a state for 2 more democrat electoral votes.
They’ve always had commonwealth status quo on the ballot. Statehood meant taxes and English. Independence was too terrible to contemplate. Status quo was just right. Remove status quo and no one will be happy.
Socialism/communism will always be popular among those who think they can get something for nothing. The poor are easily persuaded and so this new "law" is about creating new Democrat voters.
It's about dims not liking the result of previous referendums and trying a new “trick” to get passed what they want without coming out and saying they want this so they can have more Congressional seats. They are feeling the pressure to get it done before J1 hoping they can get enough Republican Senators to go home for the holidays and then ram it through that body. It's pure trickster tactics. Puerto Rico citizens have been smart enough to vote for the status quo as the least bad choice of the three offered. Hispanics are waking up to the sneaky dims and don't want to give them the chance to institutionalize a bad outcome.
This referendum doesn’t have status quo as an option.