Constitutional Convention of Puerto Rico

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* Legislature: 17th Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico
* Senate: 26th Senate of Puerto Rico
* President of the Senate: Thomas Rivera Schatz
* President pro tempore: Larry Seilhamer Rodríguez
* Majority Leader: Carmelo Ríos Santiago
* Majority Whip: Ángel Chayanne Martínez
* Minority Leader: Eduardo Bhatia; Juan Dalmau; Vargas Vidot
* Minority Whip: José Luis Dalmau
* House of Representatives: 30th House of Representatives of Puerto Rico
* Speaker: Johnny Méndez
* Speaker pro tempore: José Torres Zamora
* Majority Leader: Gabriel Rodríguez Aguiló
* Majority Whip: Urayoán Hernández
* Minority Leader: Tatito Hernández
* Minority Whip: Ramón Luis Cruz

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On June 8, 1950, the United States government approved Public Law 600, authorizing Puerto Rico to draft its own constitution in 1951. The Constitutional Assembly (Spanish: Asamblea Constituyente) or Constitutional Convention of Puerto Rico met for a period of several months between 1951 and 1952 in which the document was written. The framers had to follow only two basic requirements established under Public Law 600. The first was the document must establish a republican form of government for the island. The second was the inclusion of a Bill of Rights.

The Constitution of Puerto Rico renamed the body politic until then known as the "People of Puerto Rico", and henceforth known as the "Commonwealth of Puerto Rico" (Estado Libre Asociado).

## Members of the Constitutional Assembly

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#[a][1] | Delegate  |   | Party  | Constituency  | Residence[2] | Committee assignments[b][3] | Cmtes. | Signing order[4][5] | Notes[c]

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73  | Manuel Acevedo Rosario |  | PPD | Aguadilla  | Camuy | Transitory Provisions and General Affairs  | 1  | 32 |
79  | Juan Alemañy Silva |  | PEP | Guayama  | Guayama | Drafting, Style and Enrolling  | 1  | 33[d] |
29  | Arcilio Alvarado Alvarado |  | PPD | San Juan I  | San Juan (Santurce)  | Bill of Rights

Judicial Branch

Drafting, Style and Enrolling[e][f]

| 3  | 34 |
92  | Enrique Álvarez Vicente |  | PSO | Arecibo  | Utuado | Accounting and Publications  | 1  | 35 |
42  | Francisco L. Anselmi Rodríguez |  | PPD | Ponce  | Coamo | Legislative Branch[e]

Transitory Provisions and General Affairs

| 2  | 26 |
37  | Francisco A. Arrillaga Gaztambide |  | PPD | San Juan I  | San Juan (Hato Rey)  | Accounting and Publications  | 1  | 36 |
74  | Carmelo Ávila Medina |  | PPD | Humacao  | Naguabo | Transitory Provisions and General Affairs  | 1  | 37 |
77  | José Bartolo Barceló Oliver |  | PPD | Ponce  | Adjuntas | Transitory Provisions and General Affairs  | 1  | 38 | Mayor of Adjuntas (1944,1948,1957-1968)
39  | Ramón Barreto Pérez |  | PPD | San Juan I  | San Juan (Hato Rey)  | Legislative Branch  | 1  | 39 |
32  | Ramón Barrios Sánchez |  | PSO | At-large  | Bayamón | Rules and Bylaws

Scheduling

| 1  | 40 |
28  | Jaime Benítez Rexach |  | PPD | At-large  | San Juan (Río Piedras)  | Bill of Rights[g]

Drafting, Style and Enrolling

| 2  | 10 |
55  | Francisco Berio Suárez |  | PPD | Guayama  | Comerío | Scheduling  | 1  | 41 |
59  | Virgilio Brunet Maldonado |  | PPD | At-large  | San Juan (Hato Rey)  | Preamble, Amendment and Ordinance Procedures

Bill of Rights

| 2  | 42 |
53  | Agustín Burgos Rivera |  | PPD | Ponce  | Villalba | Accounting and Publications  | 1  | 43 |
41  | Mario Canales Torresola |  | PPD | Ponce  | Jayuya | Legislative Branch  | 1  | 44 | Former-mayor of Jayuya
61  | Ángel M. Candelario Arce |  | PPD | Mayagüez  | Peñuelas | Judicial Branch  | 1  | 45 |
01  | Ernesto Carrasquillo Quiñones |  | PPD | Humacao  | Yabucoa | Bill of Rights[h] | 1  | 19 | Former-mayor of Yabucao
17  | Dionisio Casillas Casillas |  | PPD | Humacao  | Humacao | Accounting and Publications  | 1  | 46 |
68  | José A. Cintrón Rivera |  | PPD | At-large  | San Juan (Santurce)  | Bill of Rights  | 1  | 47 |
25  | Luis Alfredo Colón Velázquez |  | PPD | Aguadilla  | Moca | Preamble, Amendment and Ordinance Procedures

Rules and Bylaws[e]

Executive Branch[i]

| 3  | 30 |
89  | Ramiro L. Colón Castaño |  | PEP | Ponce  | Ponce | Preamble, Amendment and Ordinance Procedures  | 1  | —[j] | Only delegate not to sign the Constitution.[k] Then-general manager of the Cooperative of Coffee Growers of Puerto Rico.[7]
04  | Juan Dávila Díaz |  | PPD | Arecibo  | Manatí | Accounting and Publications[e] | 1  | 31 |
51  | José M. Dávila Monsanto |  | PPD | Guayama  | Guayama | Judicial Branch[e] | 1  | 25 |
58  | Lionel Fernández Méndez |  | PPD | Guayama  | Cayey | Rules and Bylaws

Drafting, Style and Enrolling

| 2  | 48 |
—[l] | Antonio Fernós Isern |  | PPD | At-large  | San Juan (Santurce)  | —  | 0  | 01 | Then-Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico
30  | Luis A. Ferré Aguayo |  | PEP | Ponce  | Ponce | Preamble, Amendment and Ordinance Procedures

Transitory Provisions and General Affairs

| 2  | 49[d] |
75  | Alcides Figueroa Oliva |  | PPD | Aguadilla  | Añasco | Transitory Provisions and General Affairs  | 1  | 50 |
13  | Leopoldo Figueroa Carreras |  | PEP | At-large  | Cataño | Scheduling

Bill of Rights

| 2  | 51 |
18  | Ernesto Juan Fonfrías Rivera |  | PPD | San Juan II  | Toa Baja (Carr. 2 K-19)  | Preamble, Amendment and Ordinance Procedures

Judicial Branch

| 2  | 52 |
23  | Jorge Font Saldaña |  | PPD | At-large  | San Juan (Santurce)  | Preamble, Amendment and Ordinance Procedures[e]

Drafting, Style and Enrolling[f]

| 2  | 24 |
78  | Juan R. García Delgado |  | PEP | Aguadilla  | Hatillo | Rules and Bylaws

Accounting and Publications[m]

| 2  | 53 |
12  | Miguel Ángel García Méndez |  | PEP | Mayagüez  | Mayagüez | Scheduling

Judicial Branch

| 2  | 54 |
34  | Genaro Antonio Gautier Dapena |  | PPD | San Juan I  | Caguas (La Muda)  | Preamble, Amendment and Ordinance Procedures  | 1  | 55 | Then-first spouse of San Juan
38  | Rubén Gaztambide Arrillaga |  | PPD | San Juan I  | San Juan (Río Piedras)  | Bill of Rights

Legislative Branch[h]

| 2  | 18 |
90  | Fernando José Géigel Sabat |  | PEP | San Juan I  | San Juan (Santurce)  | Legislative Branch  | 1  | 56 |
62  | José Rosario Gelpí Bosch |  | PEP | Mayagüez  | Mayagüez | Rules and Bylaws

Executive Branch

| 2  | 57  |
35  | Darío Goitía Montalvo |  | PPD | Arecibo  | Arecibo | Executive Branch  | 1  | 58 |
10  | María Libertad Gómez Garriga |  | PPD | At-large  | Utuado | Drafting, Style and Enrolling[h] | 1  | 02 | Only female member.
46  | Héctor González Blanes |  | PEP | San Juan I  | San Juan (Santurce)  | Preamble, Amendment and Ordinance Procedures

Bill of Rights

| 2  | 59 |
02  | Andrés Grillasca Salas |  | PPD | Ponce  | Ponce | Transitory Provisions and General Affairs  | 1  | 60 | Then-mayor of Ponce
26  | Víctor Gutiérrez Franqui |  | PPD | At-large  | San Juan (Santurce)  | Judicial Branch

Drafting, Style and Enrolling[g]

| 2  | 03 |
14  | Celestino Iriarte Miró |  | PEP | At-large  | Cataño (Carr. Cataño)  | Accounting and Publications[m]

Legislative Branch

Judicial Branch

| 3  | 05 |
69  | Jesús Izcoa Moure |  | PPD | San Juan II  | Naranjito | Drafting, Style and Enrolling  | 1  | 61[d] |
21  | Lorenzo Lagarde Garcés |  | PPD | Ponce  | Ponce | Judicial Branch  | 1  | 62 |
91  | Ramón Llobet Díaz, Jr. |  | PEP | San Juan II  | Guaynabo | Transitory Provisions and General Affairs  | 1  | 63 |
80  | Ramiro Martínez Sandín |  | PSO | Arecibo  | Vega Baja | Preamble, Amendment and Ordinance Procedures

Transitory Provisions and General Affairs

| 2  | 64 |
43  | Juan Meléndez Báez |  | PPD | San Juan I  | San Juan | Bill of Rights  | 1  | 65 |
60  | Ramón Mellado Parsons |  | PPD | San Juan II  | San Juan (Río Piedras)  | Preamble, Amendment and Ordinance Procedures  | 1  | 66 |
56  | Bernardo Méndez Jiménez |  | PPD | Aguadilla  | San Sebastián | Bill of Rights[e] | 1  | 27 |
72  | Armando Mignucci Calder |  | PPD | Mayagüez  | Yauco | Scheduling  | 1  | 67 |
22  | José Mimoso Raspaldo |  | PPD | Guayama  | Caguas | Rules and Bylaws[h] | 1  | 22 |
45  | Pablo Morales Otero |  | PPD | San Juan II  | San Juan (Santurce)  | Executive Branch  | 1  | 68 |
09  | Luis Muñoz Marín |  | PPD | At-large  | San Juan | Preamble, Amendment and Ordinance Procedures[g] | 1  | 04 | Then-Governor of Puerto Rico
81  | Luis Muñoz Rivera |  | PPD | San Juan I  | San Juan (Hato Rey)  | Accounting and Publications  | 1  | 69 |
76  | Eduardo Negrón Benítez |  | PPD | Aguadilla  | San Sebastián | Rules and Bylaws  | 1  | 70 |
07  | Luis A. Negrón López |  | PPD | Mayagüez  | Sabana Grande | Legislative Branch[g]

Executive Branch[e]

| 2  | 09 |
84  | Abraham Nieves Negrón |  | PPD | Guayama  | Guayama | Accounting and Publications  | 1  | 71[d] |
48  | Mario Orsini Martínez |  | PSO | Humacao  | Juncos | Judicial Branch

Drafting, Style and Enrolling

| 2  | 72 |
06  | Benjamín Ortiz Ortiz |  | PPD | At-large  | Guaynabo | Scheduling[g]

Drafting, Style and Enrolling

| 2  | 12 |
24  | Cruz Ortiz Stella |  | PPD | Humacao  | Humacao | Rules and Bylaws[g]

Bill of Rights

| 1  | 13 |
15  | Lino Padrón Rivera |  | PSO | At-large  | Vega Baja | Bill of Rights

Legislative Branch

Judicial Branch

| 3  | 06 |
03  | Santiago R. Palmer Díaz |  | PPD | Mayagüez  | San Germán | Accounting and Publications[g] | 1  | 14 |
47  | Norman E. Parkhurst |  | PEP | San Juan II  | Bayamón | Accounting and Publications  | 1  | 73[d] |
86  | Francisco Paz Granela |  | PPD | At-large  | San Juan (Santurce)  | Bill of Rights  | 1  | 74 |
20  | Santiago Polanco Abreu |  | PPD | Arecibo  | Isabela | Judicial Branch

Transitory Provisions and General Affairs[h]

| 2  | 20 |
11  | Samuel R. Quiñones Quiñones |  | PPD | At-large  | Carolina (Carr. Isla Verde)  | Executive Branch[g]

Drafting, Style and Enrolling

| 2  | 07 | President, Senate
49  | Ubaldino Ramírez de Arellano |  | PPD | Mayagüez  | San Germán | Legislative Branch  | 1  | 75 |
08  | Ernesto Ramos Antonini |  | PPD | At-large  | San Juan (Hato Rey)  | Preamble, Amendment and Ordinance Procedures

Judicial Branch[g]

| 2  | 08 | President, House of Representatives
88  | Ramón María Ramos de Jesús |  | PEP | Guayama  | Aibonito | Drafting, Style and Enrolling  | 1  | 76 |
16  | Antonio Reyes Delgado |  | PSO | At-large  | Arecibo | Preamble, Amendment and Ordinance Procedures

Bill of Rights

Executive Branch

| 3  | 77 |
85  | Dolores Rivera Candelaria |  | PPD | Arecibo  | Utuado | Transitory Provisions and General Affairs  | 1  | 78 | Then-mayor of Utuado
44  | Heraclio H. Rivera Colón |  | PPD | San Juan II  | Toa Alta | Scheduling[h]

Legislative Branch

| 2  | 21 |
64  | Alejo Rivera Morales |  | PSO | Humacao  | Ceiba | Transitory Provisions and General Affairs  | 1  | 79 |
33  | Álvaro Rivera Reyes |  | PPD | Humacao  | Río Grande | Bill of Rights

Executive Branch[h]

| 2  | 16 |
71  | Carmelo Rodríguez García |  | PPD | Arecibo  | Arecibo | Executive Branch  | 1  | 80 |
70  | Carlos Román Benítez |  | PPD | San Juan II  | San Juan (Santurce)  | Preamble, Amendment and Ordinance Procedures

Scheduling

| 2  | 81 |
36  | Alfonso Román García |  | PPD | Humacao  | Fajardo | Accounting and Publications[h] | 1  | 23 |
50  | Joaquín Rosa Gómez |  | PPD | Arecibo  | Manatí | Rules and Bylaws  | 1  | 82 | Then-mayor of Manatí (1945-1952, 1961-1968) Senator at-large (1953-1956)
54  | Alberto E. Sánchez Nazario |  | PPD | At-large  | San Juan (Santurce)  | Bill of Rights  | 1  | 83 |
83  | Ángel Sandín Martínez |  | PPD | Arecibo  | Vega Baja | Transitory Provisions and General Affairs[e] | 1  | 28 | Then-mayor of Vega Baja
52  | Luis Santaliz Capestany |  | PPD | Aguadilla  | Las Marías | Rules and Bylaws  | 1  | 84[n] |
05  | Yldefonso Solá Morales |  | PPD | Guayama  | Caguas | Executive Branch[i]

Transitory Provisions and General Affairs[g]

| 2  | 11 |
31  | Juan Bautista Soto González |  | PEP | At-large  | Gurabo | Bill of Rights

Judicial Branch

| 2  | 85[n] |
67  | Rafael Torrech Genovés |  | PPD | San Juan II  | Bayamón | Executive Branch  | 1  | 86 | Mayor of Bayamón
40  | Lucas Torres Santos |  | PPD | Ponce  | Orocovis | Scheduling  | 1  | 87 | Former-mayor of Orocovis
82  | Pedro Torres Díaz |  | PPD | Humacao  | Gurabo | Scheduling  | 1  | 88 |
27  | José Trías Monge |  | PPD | At-large  | Guaynabo | Preamble, Amendment and Ordinance Procedures[h]

Judicial Branch

| 2  | 15 |
65  | Augusto Valentín Vizcarrondo |  | PPD | Mayagüez  | Mayagüez | Legislative Branch  | 1  | 89 |
66  | Baudilio Vega Berríos |  | PPD | Mayagüez  | Mayagüez | Rules and Bylaws  | 1  | 90 | Then-mayor of Mayagüez
19  | Sigfredo Vélez González |  | PPD | Arecibo  | Arecibo | Scheduling[e] | 1  | 29 | Former-mayor of Arecibo
63  | José Veray, Jr. Hernández |  | PEP | Aguadilla  | Aguadilla | Executive Branch

Transitory Provisions and General Affairs

| 2  | 91 |
87  | José Villares Rodríguez |  | PPD | Guayama  | Caguas | Judicial Branch[h] | 1  | 17 |

## Committees

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Ten permanent committees and their officers and members were designated by the body's president, Antonio Fernós Isern, during the 25 September 1951 session,[3][8] which was followed by the naming of additional delegates and several substations on 27 September.[9] All presidents, vice presidents and secretaries were from the PPD.[9] These committees were grouped by their purposes as follows:[8]

Functions committees (3):

* Rules and Bylaw
* Accounting and Publications
* Scheduling

Constitutional committees (7):

* Preamble, Amendment and Ordinance Procedures
* Bill of Rights
* Legislative Branch
* Executive Branch
* Judicial Branch
* Transitory Provisions and General Affairs
* Drafting, Style and Enrolling

Committee[b] | Membership  | President  | Vice President  | Secretary  | Members[o][3][8][9]

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Preamble, Amendment and Ordinance Procedures[p] | 15  | Luis Muñoz Marín | José Trías Monge | Jorge Font Saldaña |

* Virgilio Brunet Maldonado
* Ramiro L. Colón Castaño
* Luis Alfredo Colón Velázquez[q]
* Luis A. Ferré Aguayo
* Ernesto Juan Fonfrías Rivera
* Genaro Antonio Gautier Dapena
* Héctor González Blanes[q]
* Ramiro Martínez Sandín[q]
* Ramón Mellado Parsons
* Ernesto Ramos Antonini
* Antonio Reyes Delgado
* Carlos Román Benítez[q]

Rules and Bylaws[r] | 11  | Cruz Ortiz Stella | José Mimoso Raspaldo | Luis Alfredo Colón Velázquez |

* Ramón Barrios Sánchez
* Lionel Fernández Méndez
* Juan R. García Delgado
* José Rosario Gelpí Bosch
* Eduardo Negrón Benítez
* Joaquín Rosa Gómez
* Luis Santaliz Capestany
* Baudilio Vega Berríos

Accounting and Publications[s] | 11 (12)[m] | Santiago R. Palmer Díaz | Alfonso Román García | Juan Dávila Díaz |

* Enrique Álvarez Vicente
* Francisco A. Arrillaga Gaztambide
* Agustín Burgos Rivera
* Dionisio Casillas Casillas
* Juan R. García Delgado[m]
* Celestino Iriarte Miró[m]
* Luis Muñoz Rivera
* Abraham Nieves Negrón
* Norman E. Parkhurst

Scheduling[t] | 11  | Benjamín Ortiz Ortiz | Heraclio H. Rivera Colón | Sigfredo Vélez González |

* Francisco Berio Suárez
* Ramón Barrios Sánchez
* Leopoldo Figueroa Carreras
* Miguel Ángel García Méndez
* Armando Mignucci Calder
* Carlos Román Benítez
* Pedro Torres Díaz
* Lucas Torres Santos

Bill of Rights[u] | 17  | Jaime Benítez Rexach | Ernesto Carrasquillo Quiñones | Bernardo Méndez Jiménez |

* Arcilio Alvarado Alvarado[q]
* Virgilio Brunet Maldonado
* José A. Cintrón Rivera
* Leopoldo Figueroa Carreras
* Rubén Gaztambide Arrillaga[q]
* Héctor González Blanes
* Juan Meléndez Báez
* Cruz Ortiz Stella
* Lino Padrón Rivera
* Francisco Paz Granela
* Antonio Reyes Delgado
* Álvaro Rivera Reyes
* Alberto E. Sánchez Nazario
* Juan Bautista Soto González

Legislative Branch[v] | 11  | Luis A. Negrón López | Rubén Gaztambide Arrillaga | Francisco L. Anselmi Rodríguez |

* Ramón Barreto Pérez
* Mario Canales Torresola
* Fernando José Géigel Sabat
* Celestino Iriarte Miró
* Lino Padrón Rivera
* Ubaldino Ramírez de Arellano
* Heraclio H. Rivera Colón
* Augusto Valentín Vizcarrondo

Executive Branch[w] | 11 (12)[i] | Samuel R. Quiñones Quiñones | Álvaro Rivera Reyes | Luis A. Negrón López |

* Luis Alfredo Colón Velázquez[i]
* José Rosario Gelpí Bosch
* Darío Goitía Montalvo
* Pablo Morales Otero
* Antonio Reyes Delgado
* Carmelo Rodríguez García
* Yldefonso Solá Morales
* Rafael Torrech Genovés[i]
* José Veray, Jr. Hernández

Judicial Branch[o] | 15  | Ernesto Ramos Antonini | José Villares Rodríguez | José M. Dávila Monsanto |

* Arcilio Alvarado Alvarado[q]
* Ángel M. Candelario Arce
* Ernesto Juan Fonfrías Rivera
* Miguel Ángel García Méndez
* Víctor Gutiérrez Franqui[q]
* Celestino Iriarte Miró[q]
* Lorenzo Lagarde Garcés
* Mario Orsini Martínez
* Lino Padrón Rivera[q]
* Santiago Polanco Abreu
* Juan Bautista Soto González
* José Trías Monge

Transitory Provisions and General Affairs[x] | 15  | Yldefonso Solá Morales | Santiago Polanco Abreu | Ángel Sandín Martínez |

* Manuel Acevedo Rosario
* Francisco L. Anselmi Rodríguez
* Carmelo Ávila Medina
* José Bartolo Barceló Oliver
* Luis A. Ferré Aguayo
* Alcides Figueroa Oliva
* Andrés Grillasca Salas
* Ramón Llobet Díaz, Jr.
* Ramiro Martínez Sandín
* Dolores Rivera Candelaria
* Alejo Rivera Morales
* José Veray, Jr. Hernández

Drafting, Style and Enrolling[y] | 11 (12)[f] | Víctor Gutiérrez Franqui | María Libertad Gómez Garriga |

* Arcilio Alvarado Alvarado[f]
* Jorge Font Saldaña[f]

* Juan Alemañy Silva
* Jaime Benítez Rexach
* Lionel Fernández Méndez
* Jesús Izcoa Moure
* Mario Orsini Martínez
* Benjamín Ortiz Ortiz
* Samuel R. Quiñones Quiñones
* Ramón María Ramos de Jesús

## Notes

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1. ^ Number in the Session Hall
2. ^ a b While the official designation for the subordinate groups was commission these were in practice committees as they did not entail an external body.
3. ^ Employment at the time of their tenure as Delegates and position in the committee of the whole.
4. ^ a b c d e While contemporary news reports do not include his signature, the Session Diary does include. The latter being the official source, it takes prevalence over the former.
5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Secretary of the commission.
6. ^ a b c d e Alvarado Alvarado was replaced by Font Saldaña on 27 September 1951.
7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j President of the commission.
8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Vice President of the Commission.
9. ^ a b c d e Colón Velázquez was replaced by Solá Morales on 27 September 1951.
10. ^ While contemporary news reports included his signature, the Session Diary reflects his decision not to sign the document by correctly omitting his name. His last recorded attendance to the Convention was on the fifty-fourth day (24 January 1952).
11. ^ Colón Castaño was opposed to signing the Constitution since it did not solve the political status of Puerto Rico, claiming that "if the United States Congress had the power to allow us to pass a constitution, it also had the power to take it away from us." [6]
12. ^ President of the Convention
13. ^ a b c d e Iriarte Miró was replaced by García Delgado on 27 September 1951.
14. ^ a b While contemporary news reports places Santaliz Capestany after Soto González, the Session Diary has them in alphabetical order. The latter being the official source, it takes prevalence over the former.
15. ^ a b El Mundo erroneously names José Veray, Jr. Hernández and Antonio Reyes Delgado, as it repeats the Executive branch list under the Judicial and then states the correct Judicial list. The Session Diary names Miguel Angel García Méndez and Mario Orsini Martínez.
16. ^ Spanish: Preámbulo, Procedimientos de Enmiendas y Procedimientos
17. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Named on 27 September.
18. ^ Spanish: Reglas y Reglamentos
19. ^ Spanish: Contabilidad y Publicaciones
20. ^ Spanish: Agenda
21. ^ Spanish: Carta de Derechos
22. ^ Spanish: Rama Legislativa
23. ^ Spanish: Rama Ejecutiva
24. ^ Spanish: Disposiciones Transitorias y Asuntos Generales
25. ^ Spanish: Redacción, Estilo y Enrolado

## References

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1. ^ "Lista de delegados divididos por partidos políticos" [List of Delegates Divided by Political Parties]. Proposiciones y resoluciones de la Convención Constituyente de Puerto Rico 1951-1952 [Proposals and resolutions of the Constitutional Convention of Puerto Rico 1951-1952] (in Spanish). San Juan, Puerto Rico: Academia Puertorriqueña de Jurisprudencia y Legislación. 1992. ISBN 978-0-9907566-0-6.
2. ^ "Delegados a la Convención Constituyente de Puerto Rico 1951–1952" [Delegates to the Constitutional Convention of Puerto Rico 1951–1952]. Festival de la juventud puertorriqueña [Puerto Rican Youth Festival] (PDF) (in Spanish). Popular Democratic Party. 1970. p. 25\. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 October 2021 – via Interamerican University of Puerto Rico.
3. ^ a b c "Nombran 10 Presidentes Comisiones" [10 Commission Chairpersons Appointed] (PDF). El Mundo (in Spanish). 26 September 1952. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2021 – via Interamerican University of Puerto Rico.
4. ^ Gálvez Maturana, S. (7 February 1952). "Constitucion de Pto. Rico Fué Firmada Ayer Tarde Ante Jueces del Supremo" [Constitution of Puerto Rico Signed Yesterday Afternoon Before Supreme Court Justices] (PDF). El Mundo (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2021 – via Interamerican University of Puerto Rico.
5. ^ "Firmas que aparecen en el documento de la nueva Constitución para P. Rico" [Signatures that Appear in the Document of the New Constitution for P. Rico] (PDF). La Prensa (in Spanish). 11 February 1952. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2021 – via Interamerican University of Puerto Rico.
6. ^ Colón Muñoz, Wendell W. (13 November 2016). "Por qué mi padre no firmó la Constitución" [Why My Father Didn't Sign the Constitution]. El Nuevo Día (in Spanish). San Juan, Puerto Rico: GFR Media. p. 52-52. ISSN 1043-7614. Archived from the original on 15 October 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2021 – via PressReader.
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