[CPEO-MEF] Sobre directrices presidenciales - About the Presidential Directives

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Comite Pro Rescate y Desarrollo de Vieques
Apartado 1424 Vieques, Puerto Rico 00765
(787) 741-0716 Email: bieke@coqui.net

9 de octubre de 2000

COMUNICADO DE PRENSA

COMITC9 PRO RESCATE Y DESARROLLO DE VIEQUES DENUNCIA INTENTO DE PERPETUAR
EL CONTROL FEDERAL SOBRE TERRENOS EN VIEQUES

Vieques, P.R.- El Comite Pro Rescate y Desarrollo de Vieques (CPRDV)
denuncio y critico el intento de perpeturar el control federal sobre los
terrenos en Vieques.

A raiz del plan del Congreso federal en torno a las directrices del
Presidente Clinton sobre Vieques, el Lcdo. Flavio Cumpiano, representante
en Washington del CPRDV, dijo: "A estas alturas, a nadie le debe quedar
duda de que las directrices de Clinton fueron disenadas para favorecer a la
Marina. El guion que denunciamos hace mas de un ano se ha estado siguiendo
al pie de la letra. La Casa Blanca le paso la papa caliente de Vieques a un
Congreso Republicano en un ano eleccionario. Y ahora el Congreso, como era
de esperarse, ha dejado bien claro cual es la verdadera intencion detras de
las directrices, que es el perpetuar el control federal de los terrenos en
Vieques."

Cumpiano anadio que: "La unica manera que el Presidente Clinton puede
reinvidicarse de la treta monumental que le ha hecho a nuestro pueblo, es
ordenando que la Marina cese inmediata y permanentemente el bombardeo en
Vieques. Para eso no necesita aval congresional."

Por su parte, Robert Rabin, portavoz del CPRDV, dijo: "Con la complicidad
de Rossello, Romero, Morey y Farrow, el Congreso ha transformado las
directrices de Clinton de algo malo en algo peor. Las directrices de
Clinton pasaron por un triturador congresional y lo que ha salido es, en el
mejor de los casos, 12,000 cuerdas al este de Vieques para los federales,
4,000 cuerdas al oeste de Vieques para los federales, la continuacion de
los bombardeos y ninguna garantia de que la Marina en efecto se ira."

Ismael Guadalupe, lider viequense y miembro del CPRDV, senalo: "Estamos
presenciando la culminacion de la traicion de Rossello contra nuestro
pueblo. No es sorpresa que el mismo dia en que el Congreso anuncio la
aprobacion de los $2.5 millones que Rossello pidio para otro plebiscito
sobre el status de Puerto Rico, el Congreso tambien anuncio la aprobacion
de este plan pro-Marina. La traicion y el 'quid pro quo' de Rossello ha
quedado al desnudo."

Guadalupe anadio: "Si algo positivo se puede sacar de todo esto, es que
ahora queda mas claro que nunca que es incompatible el confiar en estas
directrices y a la vez decir que uno apoya los reclamos de la paralizacion
inmediata y permanente del bombardeo en Vieques, la salida de la Marina, y
la devolucion de los terrenos viequenses a nuestro pueblo."

Contacto: Robert Rabin, CPRDV Tel. 787-741-0716 Cel. 787-375-0525

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Committee for the Rescue and Development of Vieques
Box 1424 Vieques, Puerto Rico 00765
(787) 741-0716 Email: bieke@coqui.net

October 9, 2000

PRESS RELEASE

COMMITTEE FOR THE RESCUE AND DEVELOPMENT OF VIEQUES DENOUNCES ATTEMPT TO
PERPETUATE FEDERAL CONTROL OF LANDS IN VIEQUES

Vieques, P.R.- The Committee for the Rescue and Development of Vieques
(CRDV) denounced and criticized the attempt to perpetuate federal control
of the lands in Vieques.

In light of the plan by the U.S. Congress with regard to President
Clinton's directives on Vieques, attorney Flavio Cumpiano, the CRDV's
representative in Washington, said: "At this stage, no one should have any
doubts that Clinton's directives were crafted in order to favor the U.S.
Navy. The script we denounced well over a year ago has been followed with
precision. The White House passed off the political hot potato of Vieques
to a Republican Congress in an election year. And now Congress, as
expected, has made very clear what are the real intentions behind the
directives, namely, perpetuating federal control over Vieques."

Cumpiano added: "The only way for President Clinton to reivindicate himself
from this monumental hoax on our people, is for him to order that the Navy
cease bombing Vieques, immediately and permanently. He doesn't need
Congressional approval for that."

At the same time, Robert Rabin, spokesperson for the CRDV, said "With the
complicity of Rossello, Romero, Morey and Farrow, the U.S. Congress has
transformed Clinton's directives from something bad to something worse.
Clinton's directives passed through a Congressional shredder and what was
spit out is, under a best case scenario, 12,000 acres in the eastern part
of Vieques for the federal government, 4,000 acres in the western part of
Vieques for the federal government, continuation of the bombings, and no
guarantee that the Navy will indeed leave Vieques."

Ismael Guadalupe, Viequense leader and member of the CRDV, stated: "We are
witnessing the culmination of Rossello's betrayal of our people. It is no
surprise that on the same day that Congress announced its approval of the
$2.5 million which Rossello had asked for another plebiscite on the
political status of Puerto Rico, Congress also announced its approval of
this pro-Navy plan. Rossello's betrayal and 'quid pro quo' have been
unveiled for all to see."

Guadalupe added: "If we can get anything positive out of all this, it's
that now it is clearer than ever that it is incompatible to have faith in
these directives, and at the same time to say that one supports the demands
to immediately and permanently stop all bombings in Vieques, to have the
Navy leave Vieques, and to have our land returned to our people."

Contact: Robert Rabin, CRDV Tel. 787-741-0716 Cel. 787-375-0525


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