GOVERNOR WON'T SEEK REELECTION.Governor Pedro Rossello announced that he will not seek reelection re·e·lect also re-e·lect tr.v. re·e·lect·ed, re·e·lect·ing, re·e·lects To elect again. re next year, a move that has sent shock waves through his New Progressive Party (NPP NPP Nuclear Power Plant NPP Net Primary Production NPP Net Primary Productivity NPP Notice of Privacy Practices (US HIPAA medical patient privacy) NPP National Priorities Project NPP New Patriotic Party (Ghana) ), reports CANA Cana (kā`nə), ancient town of Galilee. According to the Gospel of St. John it was here that Jesus performed his first miracle by turning water into wine at a wedding. Cana wedding feast where Christ made water into wine. [N.T. (June 2, 1999): The governor, in a televised speech, said that his decision to step down after a second term was to keep a promise to his family. The ruling party has only 60 days to find a candidate since the period of filing candidacies ends on August 1; Rosello's announcement came a day after San Juan Mayor Sila Calderon was sworn in as president of the opposition Popular Democratic Party, becoming the party's official candidate for governor; Some legislators speculated that recent scandals involving the embezzlement embezzlement, wrongful use, for one's own selfish ends, of the property of another when that property has been legally entrusted to one. Such an act was not larceny at common law because larceny was committed only when property was acquired by a "felonious taking," i. of funds in the Rossello administration combined with his inability to seek statehood state·hood n. The status of being a state, especially of the United States, rather than being a territory or dependency. for Puerto Rico may have prompted Rossello to make such a decision. Statehood lost as a status choice two status referendums in 1993 and in December last year; Candidates from Rossello's party who plan to enter the gubernatorial race include: Luis Fortuno, 38, now a lawyer in private practice, and former Economic Development and Commerce Secretary; and Carlos Pesquera, current Transportation and Public Works Secretary. |
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