Form of Government
Proposed Government of the Republic of Puerto Rico
Proposed Government of the Republic of Puerto Rico
In the book "PREXIT: Forging Puerto Rico's Path to Sovereignty", Javier A. Hernández proposes a republican, federalist, democratic, and parliamentary form of government for the new Republic of Puerto Rico.
Puerto Rico would become a sovereign democratic republic with a federal and parliamentary governmental structure and institutions divided into four branches of government:
- Executive Branch: Represented by the Presidential Council
- Legislative Branch: Represented by the Puerto Rican Parliament
- Judicial Branch: Represented by the Supreme Court of the Republic
- Electoral Branch: Represented by the National Electoral Commission
At the national level, the government of the Republic of Puerto Rico would be administratively decentralized, not located all in San Juan for strategic, democratic and economic reasons. In the book "PREXIT: Forging Puerto Rico's Path to Sovereignty", Javier A. Hernández proposes the following decentralization:
- San Juan & Río Piedras: Executive Branch (Presidential Council, National Administration, and government ministries)
- Ponce: Legislative Branch (Parliament of Puerto Rico)
- Mayagüez: Judicial Branch (Supreme Court of the Republic and the National Judicial Administration)
- Río Piedras: Electoral Branch (National Electoral Commission)