Scandals throw line of succession for Puerto Rico governor into chaos
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El gobernador Ricky iba a nombrar a Pedro Pierluisi y que si así lo hace Rivera Schatz lo va a colgar.
DURING THIS CRISIS, PRESIDENT TRUMP CAN APPOINT AN INTERIM GOVERNOR UP UNTIL A SPECIAL ELECTION DATE IS SET.
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Rosselló’s resignation marks the first time in US history that mass demonstrations have forced the resignation of a sitting governor. Further demonstrations are planned each day through Monday. In recent days, protests have taken place in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Boston, Miami, Orlando as well as in the Spanish cities of Barcelona and Madrid.
“Puerto Rico’s main problem,” the editorial declared, “is democratic socialism, and Mr. Rosselló is typical of a political class that buys votes with handouts. For decades high taxes and inflexible labor laws have depressed investment and incentives to work. Private workers are guaranteed $600 Christmas bonuses, 15 days of vacation and ironclad job protections. A household can get 50% more in government benefits than the take-home monthly minimum wage.”
The angry tone of the Wall Street Journal editorial is partly explained by the fact that the oversight board was on the verge of submitting a plan to slash social spending further when the demonstrations broke out two weeks ago.
The American ruling class is gripped by the fear that protests will continue on the island and inspire strikes and protests on the mainland. In an article titled “Puerto Rico is in chaos, and some worry continued instability is a major threat,” the Washington Post quoted Edgar Roman, president of the Puerto Rican Bar Association, who said, “The survival of the political system as we know it is at risk.”
Finance capital is responding to the demonstrations with ruthless denunciations of the working class and calls for dictatorial forms of rule. The ruling class is attempting to take advantage of the collapse of Rosselló’s administration to transfer dictatorial powers to the Financial Oversight and Management Board.
The angry tone of the Wall Street Journal editorial is partly explained by the fact that the oversight board was on the verge of submitting a plan to slash social spending further when the demonstrations broke out two weeks ago.
Wall Street demanded massive cuts to public pensions, but, the New York Times explained, “when the island’s active teachers recently voted on the deal, a majority rejected it—against the advice of their union,” the American Federation of Teachers (AFT).
After the AFT failed to ram through the cuts, congressional Republicans voted to give the oversight board the power to scrutinize Medicaid payments to the territory and are planning to introduce legislation giving the board day-to-day control over governing the island, a move Democrats will facilitate.
Puerto Rico governor announces he will not seek re-election but refuses to resign
Next step would be to consider IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS...
PUERTO RICO’s Constitution provides mechanisms to interrupt the tenure by which a governor was elected by popular vote.”
“The Puerto Rico House of Representatives has already begun the evaluation related to the ‘chat’ in which the governor participated, assembling a committee of lawyers from different political ideologies who will evaluate whether there are serious or less serious offenses that lead to moral corruption so that an impeachment process could be initiated. I have established that we should expect this committee to issue an assessment on the ‘chat.’”
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Earlier this month, Puerto Rico’s Center for Investigative Journalism published nearly 900 pages of private messages between Rosselló and other government officials.
In one message Rosselló called one New York female politician of Puerto Rican descent a “w---e” and described another as a “daughter of a b---h.”
One chat also made vulgar references to Latin pop star Ricky Martin’s sexuality.
The calls to oust the governor have caught the attention of the mainland U.S., where there have been more calls for him to step aside. President Trump has blasted Rosselló on Monday as “a terrible governor.”
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