Puerto Rico got its third governor in less than a week yesterday just hours after the bankrupt U.S. territory’s supreme court ruled that Pedro Pierluisi’s assumption of the office was unconstitutional and ordered him to leave, Reuters reported. The island’s justice secretary, Wanda Vazquez, was sworn in as governor at the supreme court in San Juan. A unanimous decision by the nine-member high court nullified Pierluisi’s governorship based on the fact his earlier appointment as secretary of state and next in line for governor had not been confirmed by both chambers of the legislature. Vazquez last week initially voiced reluctance to take over the island’s top government post after being targeted by protesters for alleged corruption and being too close to disgraced Governor Ricardo Rosselló, who left office last Friday. In a statement after becoming governor, Vazquez said: “I will continue to focus on putting (Puerto Rico) back on track in an orderly and peaceful way.”
