Rivera Lassén certified as MVC candidate for resident commissioner

Sen. Ana Irma Rivera Lassén, the Citizen Victory movement candidate for resident commissioner

By The Star Staff

Citizen Victory Movement (MVC by its initials in Spanish) Sen Ana Irma Rivera Lassén announced on Tuesday that the State Elections Commission (SEC) has certified her candidacy for resident commissioner.

“This certification comes after a battle in the courts in defense of democracy, of our candidacy and of the right of voters to be the ones who decide at the polls the position of Resident Commissioner in Washington,” Rivera Lassén said in a written statement.

“This included filing a case in federal court in Puerto Rico against the State Elections Commission to certify my candidacy,” added the MVC minority leader in the Senate. “That objective was achieved and the certification was issued yesterday.”

SEC Alternate Chairwoman Jessika Padilla Rivera said in the certification:

“A settlement was reached by the SEC and Ms. Ana Irma Rivera Lassén in Civil Case No. Rivera-Lassén et al. v. Padilla-Rivera et al. 24-1278 (ADC).

“I, Jessika Padilla Rivera, Alternate Chairwoman of the SEC, based on the authority conferred upon me by the 2020 Puerto Rico Electoral Code and the Regulations for the Filing of Candidates of Political Parties and Independent Candidates, and by virtue of the agreement reached in the aforementioned case, CERTIFY that ANA IRMA RIVERA LASSÉN is the official candidate of the VICTORIA CIUDADANA MOVEMENT to appear on the November 5, 2024, electoral ballot for the position of RESIDENT COMMISSIONER.”

Rivera Lassén stressed the importance of the certification and her commitment to her campaign:

“We already have the certification as a candidate for Resident Commissioner of the Citizen Victory Movement on the ballots for the November elections,” she said. “Once this stage is over, we will continue our campaign in all the Islands of Puerto Rico and the diaspora around the issues that affect us and that should be the issues that we take to Congress. My cause is Puerto Rico and that is my main motivation.”

Rivera Lassén’s certification solidifies the islandwide ballot of the MVC and the “Alianza de País” in which it has joined with the Puerto Rican Independence Party, MVC officials said. The party will now focus on promoting its islandwide candidacies, by direct nomination, and at the district and municipal level, undertaking an aggressive campaign to educate the electorate on how to vote for its candidates and for the Alianza de País, they said.