Movimiento de Reunificación de Puerto Rico y España: MRE EN LA PRENSA INTERNACIONAL: El trabajo hecho enn los últimos 8 meses ha rendido fruto. La noticia de la existencia de nuestro Movimiento ha sido publicada en la ...
Lo and behold it was about time someone will actually do this, as insane and illusory as it sounds.Why? Mr. Seise obviously thinks that this is as simple as going to the local court in Hato Rey and contest a traffic ticket. In order to take the United States to the Hague Court, it will require another member state to file the petition. The Court’s role is to settle, in accordance with international law,
legal disputes submitted to it by States and to give advisory opinions
on legal questions referred to it by authorized United Nations organs
and specialized agencies. The Court decides, in accordance with international law, disputes of a legal
nature that are submitted to it by States (jurisdiction in contentious
cases); and it gives advisory opinions on legal questions at the request
of the organs of the United Nations or specialized agencies authorized
to make such a request (advisory jurisdiction). Puerto Rico is NOT a state member, and good luck getting the government filing the case for them. They will need to piggy back ride their case through an organ of the United Nations sympathetic to this cause. Morally speaking, makes some sense since it would be very interesting in see how the United States can justify their taking of Puerto Rico from Spain by force by the use of the Treaty of Paris of 1898. For those of you who do not know about the Treaty of Paris of 1898, basically the United States, at gunpoint forced Spain to relinquish Puerto Rico, Cuba, Philippines, etc. Long story short, it was the threat of an attack to the Canary Islands and a wide spread war what the United States blackmailed Spain with.
This is the same United States that was calling for sanctions against Russia for intervening in Crimea. Just with this slight difference: Over 90% of the population in Crimea are ethnic Russians, plus at least they got to vote on it. In 1898, 90% of the population of Puerto Rico were ethnic Spaniards, and they did not had the luxury of a vote on the matter. Thanks "Uncle Sam", for the convenient hypocrisy.
Realistically, the Reunificacionistas will need a majority of the legal registered voters to advance their cause. If it too 114 years for the Puerto Rico Statehood sympathizers to finally obtain a majority of voters to vote for Statehood in 2013, what makes anyone believe that this movement will achieve any kins of majority within the next 4 years? After all, Congress already legislated a referendum for Puerto Rico to decide among options that Congress already considered are the best possibilities for the Puertorican people to vote on. None of those options include Return to Spain, and if it does by an amendment of the Congressional act, it will doubtful get a pluralistic or significant amount of votes as to make a difference.
In other words Mr. Seise, if it is not in the ballot, the Hague Tribunal cannot undo the will of a majority of voters, just because you want to. Who said we are not allowed to dream? We can, and Mr.Seise has proven to be a resilient dreamer a la Don Quixote.
