LULAC - An Open Letter to Roger Rocha

The Editor:  This represents an open letter to Roger Rocha regarding his candidacy for the position of National LULAC President at the Convention of the LULAC National Assembly held this past Saturday, July 12, 2014 in New York City.

 

The first count of certifiable delegates was 1,625, of which 1,561 were delegates on the floor and 64 who were members of the LULAC National Board. A quorum to continue the convention of the National Assembly of LULAC requires 1/3 of the non-national-officer delegates of the councils in attendance to remain present in the assembly.  One third (1/3) of the non-officer delegates would be 1/3 of 1,561 to equal 520 delegates needed to maintain a quorum.  The assembly of delegates who stayed to elect Maggie Rivera numbered 825 or 52.85073% of the delegates. The number in attendance during the election of officers was more than sufficient to maintain a quorum.

 

Candidates normally insist in keeping up the fight if the issue is the counting was not right.  You could have challenged the count had you remained for the vote.  A request for a division of the house or for a count of the vote would have been provided to you had you stayed and had your supporters requested a count.  The National Assembly members who continued the convening of the National Assembly had done what the Court order stated and were not relying on a Legal Advisor to have an election call challenged by a 2/3'rds vote of the Assembly to obtain a head count of the delegates.  Your name was placed into nomination.  You received 5 votes in favor.  Maggie Rivera received the votes of the remaining delegates.

 

You could show LULAC'ers from your side and LULAC'ers from the Rivera side that you lost in a good fight.  I respect losers as well as I respect winners.  Sometimes losers lose the battle, but win the day, because they accepted a defeat in a gracious manner.

 

For the good of the League and all LULAC'ers, the Editor would ask you to consider conceding the election and ask that you urge candidates who ran under your banner to do the same.

I would be more than happy to print your notice of such.