[News] Puerto Rico's Governor Announces Resignation Effective Aug. 2

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  Puerto Rico's Governor Announces Resignation Effective Aug. 2

July 24, 2019
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Puerto Rico's Governor Ricardo Rossello announced Wednesday at 
midnight his resignation effective Friday, August 2, 2019 at 5:00 pm 
local time, and will be replaced by the secretary of Justice, Wanda Vazquez.

Rossello's resignation is the triumph of thousands of Puerto Ricans who 
have taken to the streets for 12 consecutive days.

"I don't know if there is a simple way to convey what this means to 
Puerto Rico. A people historically subjected to all kinds of colonial 
imposition, this is the closest we have been to a revolutionary process 
in our recent history," teleSUR's correspondent, Luis de Jesus, said 
while reporting the joy felt by thousands who were encamped outside 
the governor's mansion.

At the same time this comes as the island’s legislature began its own 
process to pressure Rossello. Puerto Rico’s House of Representatives 
Speaker, Carlos Mendez Nuñez, commissioned three attorneys to prepare a 
report on the legal feasibility of an impeachment process.

The politician told reporters that the only thing that would stop the 
process is if the governor resigns.

The legal experts unanimously determined there were five offenses that 
constitute grounds for impeachment. Attorneys found that Rossello 
committed four serious offenses and one misdemeanor, including illicitly 
using public resources and services for partisan purposes. He also 
allowed government officials and contractors to misuse public funds and 
time for non-government work.

All this started on July 13 as an 889-page document, released by the 
non-profit journalism group Center for Investigative Journalism revealed 
the official has led a racist, misogynist smear campaign against his 
competitors and journalists. As well as corruption allegations and 
mishandling of public funds in his administration.

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