P.R. Laws tit. 16, § 1352

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§ 1352. Interpretation of results of presidential primaries

Whenever the presidential primary procedures are administered and enforced from the beginning until their completion by the Chairman of the Commonwealth Elections Commission, neither the number of participants, nor the outcome of any other element of the primary process and/or the other procedures carried out pursuant to the provisions of this chapter may be officially interpreted by the Government of Puerto Rico for any purpose whatsoever as an indicator in relation to the preferences that our people or a sector thereof have, or may have, regarding the political status issue, nor regarding the direction, if any, that Puerto Rico should or may follow, in terms of changes in its present status.

History —Sept. 24, 1979, No. 6, p. 997, § 32; Oct. 3, 1983, No. 34, p. 5, § 13; renumbered as § 29 on Mar. 15, 1984, No. 2, p. 448, § 15; renumbered as § 28 on July 2, 1987, No. 89, p. 347, § 12.