Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló resigned Wednesday after days of protests in San Juan, becoming the first leader of the commonwealth to do so.
According to NBC News, his resignation is effective August 2 and came in the form of a Facebook video.
Rosselló’s ouster was catalyzed by leaked homophobic and misogynistic texts, as well as evidence of corruption. Impeachment proceedings were just up the road.
Justice Secretary Wanda Vázquez is next in the line of succession, though Puerto Ricans see her as a Rosselló loyalist and have thus far been resistant to the idea of her leadership.
Nice to see Democracy in action and a population sufficiently outraged and united stop a leader who has violated their trust .
Were that we could follow their example ,
But then again he didn’t have Faux news supporting him did he?
Well, he’s a Repuglican, so . . .
I hope Carmen Yulín Cruz Soto becomes the next governor.
Party in Puerto Rico!!!
From what I’ve read he’d disparaged hurricane victims and just ordinary constituents, and pretty clearly revealed that he was a hateful, disrespectful person toward the people he presumed to govern. They just weren’t going to let him stay in office.
Which is interesting. Just saying.