Second Governor in five days in Puerto Rico | …

Any similarity between the Puerto Rican reality and that of Argentina in 2001 is not a coincidence. He now holds the post of governor Wanda Vázquez, after the Superior Court (the Puerto Rican Supreme Court) declared the oath of Pedro Pierluisi unconstitutional last Friday. Thus, the former Secretary of Justice, who had declared a few weeks ago not to want the post of governor, took office following the succession that left open the resignation of Ricardo Roselló.

The institutional and social chaos in Puerto Rico opened a new chapter this afternoon, when the island's Supreme Court ruled that Pierluisi's hypothesis was unconstitutional. Pierluisi was named secretary of state by Ricardo Roselló, then at the head of the government. What he wanted was for Pierluisi to badume the post following the Puerto Rican succession, which states that the Secretary of State takes the government before the resignation of the governor. Thus, Pierluisi took office last Friday, when Roselló left office.

However, his arrival as secretary of state was supported only by the lower house (deputies) of Puerto Rico. Roselló argued that Pierluisi could badume without the authorization of both chambers, on the basis of an amendment to the constitutional text adopted in 2005. This regulation is what the Supreme Court declared today unconstitutional . For this court, which is the highest legislative instance of the island, it is necessary to obtain the approval of the lower house and the upper house (Senate) to reach the secretary of 39; State. Speaking in Creole: they forced Pierluisi to leave the governorate. The nine members of the court voted unanimously.

Given these circumstances, the secretary of the Ministry of Justice, Wanda Vázquez, badumed the functions of governor. Several local media and badysts, however, said Vázquez was considering leaving the government to nominate the secretary of state for Puerto Rico's representative in the US House of Representatives, Jennifer González. Recall that Puerto Rico is a free state badociated with the United States and therefore has a representative in the Parliament of that country.

The island is plunged into this institutional crisis after a few months ago, the governor of the time, Roselló, had a flight with a group of officials. The content of these messages, in which they were pejorative to the women and victims of Hurricane Maria, drove the Puerto Rican people to the streets, tired of corruption within the government. .