PACTO DE FUTURO

Contrato social para la transformación de Puerto Rico,

Manual de capacitación y educación política.

or

“Social Contract for the Transformation of Puerto Rico,

Training and Political Education Manual”.

This is the title of the much expected “Pacto de Futuro” that the Popular Democratic Party for some reason does not want to make public. At least since it was advertised back in July 25 during the celebration of the anniversary of the ELA, Commonwealth, for some reason they have denied the people to see it.

This is a document of 134 pages most of it giving a back ground on Puerto Rico, from where and how the PPD came to be, how long in power under Don Luis Muñoz Marín and how the ELA came to be. In addition it makes the point that Puerto Rico is a social nation because of its culture. It goes on to praise the ELA and how it is a system “in development”, as it was originally developed.

Three quarter through the document you find the “Pacto de Futuro”. But before we start talking about the Pacto, we find the following statement in page 42 . . .

“. . . La aspiración histórica del PPD, desde Luis Muñoz Marín hasta el presente, ha sido sustituir la Ley de Relaciones Federales por un pacto de asociación y la posición oficial del PPD es desarrollar un ELA no territorial y no colonial. Sustituir la Ley de Relaciones Federales por un Pacto evitará que en el futuro estemos sujetos a la voluntad unilateral del Congreso.”

In translation it reads like;

“. . .The historical aspiration of the PPD, since Luis Muños Marín to the present, has been to substitute the Federal Relation Law with an association pact and the official position of the PPD is to develop a non territorial and non colonial ELA. By substituting the Federal Relation Law with a Pact will prevent us from been subject to the unilateral will of the Congress in the future”.

This statement is quite interesting because . . . if this has been their aspiration since Don Luis (founder of the PPD in 1938) to the present, then why have they not been educating the people as to how they propose to do this transformation? They have had seventy two (72) years since the party was founded and fifty eight (58) years since the ELA became the political system in Puerto Rico.

If we take the ELA from day one to today the PPD has had fifty eight (58) years to tell the people how they plan to transform Puerto Rico from a territory/colony to a non territorial/colonial system. In 1967 Puerto Rico had the first plebiscite followed again in 1991, 1993, 1994, 1998 and now with the prospect of a new one in HR 2499 of 2010 the PPD has opposed to any change what so ever to the system nor has told the people what or how they plan to achieve the non territorial/colony system.

The “Pacto de Futuro” was developed last year but it has been in hiding to today, Yes, it was mentioned last July 25 by the president of the party during the ELA anniversary, and if I am not mistaken he said it was going to be made public the following week. It has not. I was lucky enough to be able to get a copy after bugging many friends for one.

It has been fifty eight (58) years since the ELA became to be and just over a year that the “Pacto de Futuro” was put together.

“Pacto de Futuro” is supposed to tell the people how the PPD plan to transform the ELA into a non territorial/colonial system. The document where you find this “Pacto” is “Contrato social para la transformación de Puerto Rico, Manual de capacitación y educación política.” The “Pacto” start in about page 109. There it tell us some of what they want to control, in 17 points, without loosing any of the benefits the ELA give Puerto Rico, and not reaching Independence nor Statehood.

I will go over these points in the very near future. Stay tune . . .