Governor Garcia Padilla, RESPECT the Puerto Rico Statehood Resolution passed by the Young Democrats

On November 6th, 2012, the 4 million American citizens of Puerto Rico rejected the current territorial relationship of the island with the United States, therefore withdrawing consent to be governed under an undemocratic political status for the first time in history,  where its subjects are denied the right of equal representation in Congress and the right to vote for the President of the United States that sends Puerto Rico's soldiers to war. On that same night, the people supported statehood with over 61% of the vote. Shortly after this historic vote, the Governor of PR, Alejandro Garcia Padilla (who does not support statehood) refused to recognize and respect the democratic will of the people of PR and has hired fat cat Republican lobbyist Charlie Black (Former Senior campaign adviser to Mitt Romney and John McCain) to block any discussion in Washington, DC to implement the will of the people of PR.

On August 11th, 2013, the Young Democrats of America passed a national resolution supporting the "Immediate admission of Puerto Rico as a state of the union, in keeping with the will of the people" by a vote of 44 states in favor and 0 opposed.

On August 14th, 2013, Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla expressed during a press conference the following: "I assure to all of you that the resolution passed last week at the YDA Convention in San Antonio will be reverted, I will see to that. It's already dead"

The Governor did not respect the will of the people of Puerto Rico that demanded equality last November, and now he doesn't want to respect the will of the Young Democrats of America.

Let's all remind Governor Garcia Padilla that we live in a DEMOCRACY and that the majority vote should be RESPECTED!!! Sign the petition and let's all give him a wake up call!

Dear Governor Garcia Padilla,

Enclosed you shall find signatures from the 44 states present at the YDA Convention held in San Antonio, TX last week. These signatures represent a direct rejection to your intention of reversing the pro statehood resolution passed by a 44-0 vote last week.  Respect Puerto Rico and YDA's vote, this is a democracy. 
 

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