Political analyst Luis Dávila Colón questioned the ten-year government program proposed by the Popular Democratic Party (PPD), arguing that an administration must show substantial results in its first four years. He spoke on his program En la Mirilla, broadcast on NotiUno 630, criticizing the proposal put forward by PPD president Pablo José Hernández Rivera as part of the party’s redefinition.
It is an admission that Puerto Rico is ungovernable,
"Ten years is three electoral cycles. '28, '32 and '36," Dávila Colón said. In his view, the proposal assumes the PPD would need to stay in power across several election cycles to complete its government project. "It is an admission that Puerto Rico is ungovernable," he said.
He argued that governments are elected for four-year terms to drive change and address the country’s main problems. "Obviously not all the world’s problems are going to be solved at the same time," he acknowledged, but insisted a substantial improvement should be recorded within that period. Dávila Colón also questioned the party presenting its refounding as a political transformation, saying it keeps historic positions tied to autonomism, social justice and defense of the Commonwealth (Estado Libre Asociado).
He criticized what he sees as a lack of proposals representing structural changes in public administration and in Puerto Rico’s economic model. He did acknowledge the PPD’s ability to draw crowds at its recent assembly, which he estimated at about 7,000 attendees, as well as the municipal structure the party maintains heading into the 2028 elections.