( Spanish) – A few days before the general elections in Puerto Rico, the Puerto Rican urban music singer Bad Bunny published a paid letter this Friday in the newspapers El Nuevo Día and Primera Hora of Puerto Rico titled “Death to the PNP” and in which clarifies the meaning of those words, which he began to use several weeks ago when criticizing the current party that governs the island.
PNP is the acronym for the New Progressive Party.
This phrase recently became known after the artist improvised a musical chorus with those words in a podcast he participated in Puerto Rico.
The artist clarified in the letter that “Death to the PNP was never a message addressed to you, the statesman people, it was not for the ‘penepé’ people. On the contrary, it was in defense of you too, because said party has failed everyone.”
On November 5, the island will hold its general elections for the governorship, legislative assembly, mayors and municipal legislatures. The participating parties are the PNP; the Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP) in alliance with the Citizen Victory Movement (MVC); the Popular Democratic Party (PPD) and the Dignity Project (PD).
“I would never wish death on a human being, much less on fellow Puerto Ricans, no matter how many differences there may be in our ideologies and ways of thinking. I would never and never wish death on the ‘penepé’ people, as I would be wishing death on members of my own family and friends,” reads a part of the published letter.
The letter refers to different problems facing the island, such as the lack of electricity at times, situations in health services and the public education system, among others.
The letter is signed by Benito A. Martínez Ocasio, the artist’s real name. At the end a line appears explaining that the letter was paid for by him and that it was not authorized by “any candidate, candidate or political party.”
For her part, Natalia Catoni, spokesperson for the Youth current of the campaign of Jenniffer González, candidate for governor for the PNP, who supports Donald Trump’s candidacy for Tuesday’s presidential elections, reacted to Bad Bunny’s letter.
In a press release, the group stated: “Benito: you have the opportunity to apologize to those of us who do not hate you, but feel attacked and threatened by your call to death. It also doesn’t feel good to be called corrupt or hating our country. “You know you went too far.”
The PDP also criticized Bad Bunny for using the slogan “Death to the PNP.”
A little over a month ago, billboards criticized the management of the PNP with messages alluding to that party, with messages such as “Whoever votes PNP does not love Puerto Rico” or “Voting PNP is voting for corruption.”
Before, in 2022 he released the documentary “El apagón”, in which he criticized the government’s action when facing the hurricane emergencies that have affected Puerto Rico since 2017. In 2019 he joined the series of massive protests that demanded the departure of the then Governor Ricardo Rosselló (PNP), and who later resigned on August 2 of that year.
Since Hurricane Maria in 2017, which damaged much of the electrical grid, the island has faced problems with electricity and power outages and blackouts have increased.
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