The political games in Puerto Rico continue as PPD (Popular Party Resident Commissione Candidate Rafael Cox Alomar’s positions on the Puerto Rican status question are still finding partisan criticism by other of the island’s major political parties. Yesterday, the Puerto Rican Independence Party’s candidate for Resident Commissioner, Juan Manuel Mercado, wrote that the selection of Cox Alomar by the PPD is an action that confirm the PPD’s belief in the political status quo (Puerto Rico has been a Commonwealth of the United States for over 50 years and has been a territory since 1898). As Mercado says:
“Cox Alomar’s positions picture him as yet another diplomat who pretends to go to Washington, and does not demand for the immediate decolonization of Puerto Ricom, but instead to perform public relations in a city that has no interest in fulfilling its obligation to decolonize Puerto Rico.
Mr. Cox wants to go to Washington to do the same thing that his PPD and PNP (pro-statehood) predecessors have done: to say they are sorry and to ask for permission, but above all, to pick up the crumbs from the floor that reflect the hypocrisy of an entire nation.
Although the PPD spin says that Cox Alomar is a new voice in the PPD because he has never held elective office, the message from PPD gubernatorial candidate Alejandro García Padilla and Cox Alomar’s own writings suggest that the PPD would rather maintain the current political system on the island than try to take bolder actions to change it.
UPDATE: We inaccurately reported that Cox Alomar was a congressional staffer for former Resident Commissione r Aníbal Acevedo Vilá. The information we listed was for Pedro Cox Alomar, Rafael’s brother, and not Rafael Cox Alomar.
Franky Benítez 
You are completely correct. Mr. Cox Alomar beleives the present status can grow within the the federal constitution, which is another way of saying we like the territorial and colonial status but with a few more concessions from the metropolis. The PPD has been trying to do just that for the last 60 years and no concessions have been achieved.Well, maybe one and it was the NPP who may claim success , the exemption for passenger ships from the passenger cabotage laws and the concession was offered since no US flag passenger ships sailed between the US and the island.
But whatever concessions may be obtained, such as section 936, they may be taken back whenever Congress desires. It does not change the colonial situation one bit. To the contrary it makes the colonial situation worse since dependence becomes larger and the knees much more aching.
Still a one-way dependent relationship, similar to that of a relationship of domestic violence, where the victim stays quiet and tries to keep pleasing, while the abuser takes advantage.
ESPERO QUE NO SOLO Juan Manuel Mercado Y Jose Ortiz SEPAN QUE ES ASI (lo siento Julito, pero es que me sorprenderian)ya no confio en my Pueblo..
Hay un problema sistemático de todos partidos.
This article is not accurate. PEDRO Cox Alomar was the congressional staffer for AAV, not RAFAEL Cox Alomar. Pedro is probably Rafael’s brother, but they are not the same person.
You are right, I made a mistake in looking over the name. I have since made a correction to the piece. Thank you.