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New Progressive Party (Puerto Rico)

New Progressive Party
Partido Nuevo Progresista
Governor and President of the Party Ricardo Rosselló
Secretary William Villafañe
President of the Senate Thomas Rivera Schatz
Speaker of the House Carlos J. "Johnny" Méndez Núñez
Congresswomen Jenniffer González
Founded August 20, 1967; 49 years ago (1967-08-20)
Split from Puerto Rico Statehood Republican Party
Headquarters San Juan, Puerto Rico
Ideology Puerto Rico statehood
Political position Center to Center-right
Colors           Blue, white
Seats in the Senate
21 / 30
Seats in the House of Representatives
34 / 51
Municipalities
33 / 78
Party flag
Pnp Flag.jpg
Website
www.pnppr-pr.com

The New Progressive Party (NPP) —Spanish: Partido Nuevo Progresista (PNP)— is a political party in Puerto Rico that advocates for the island to become a state of the United States. The PNP is one of the two major parties in Puerto Rico with significant political strength and currently holds both the seat of the governor and of the resident commissioner. In legislative matters, the party has a two-thirds majority in both the Senate and the House of Representatives; a majority that gives the party full control over all legislations, including constitutional amendments, without political opposition. These majorities over the legislative branch, the control over the governorship seat, and a majority of Supreme Court justices affiliated with the party give the PNP absolute control over all three branches of government without political opposition. The party, however, has a minority in the number of mayors on the island.

Domestically, the party is primarily contrasted by two other political parties: the Popular Democratic Party (PPD), which advocates for maintaining the current political status of Puerto Rico as that of an unincorporated territory of the United States with self-government, and the smaller Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP), which advocates for the independence of Puerto Rico.


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