Cocin ’yan’uwa da ke Puerto Rico ta ɗauki mataki a ranar Asabar, 25 ga Janairu, don fara aikin zama yanki na 24 na ɗarikar. Har zuwa yanzu, majami'un Puerto Rico sun kasance wani yanki na Gundumar Kudu maso Gabas ta Atlantika, tare da ikilisiyoyi a Florida.
“Taron ne mai kyau sosai. Ranar tarihi ce kamar yadda suka bayyana! in ji Mary Jo Flory-Steury, babbar sakatare na Cocin ’yan’uwa, a cikin sanarwar da Cocin Puerto Rican na Majalisar ’Yan’uwa ta yanke.
A matsayin wani ɓangare na tsarin zama sabon gundumomi, majami'un Puerto Rico za su zaɓen babban jami'in gundumar da yin aiki kan tsari da sauran sifofi don kafa sabuwar gundumar. Ma'aikatar zartaswa ta gundumar Atlantic ta Kudu maso Gabas John Mueller a cikin imel dinsa game da shawarar, "Ina sa ran wannan sabon babi a cikin dangantakarmu da mika fatan alheri da goyon baya ga wannan aikin."