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<h1 class="reader-title">Puerto Rico's Governor Announces
Resignation Effective Aug. 2</h1>
July 24, 2019</div>
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<p>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.</p>
<p>Rossello's resignation is the triumph of thousands of
Puerto Ricans who have taken to the streets for 12
consecutive days. </p>
<p>"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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>The politician told reporters that the only thing that
would stop the process is if the governor resigns.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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. </p>
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