Puerto Rico's Secretary of State Wanda Vazquez, he designated successor to governor Ricardo Rossello says she doesn't want the job
Puerto Rico's Secretary of Justice Wanda Vazquez attends a news conference in an undated still image from file video in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Former Secretary of State Luis Rivera Marin would have been next in line as governor, according to the US territory's constitution. But he is one of more than a dozen officials who have resigned in recent weeks since someone leaked an obscenity-laced chat in which Rosselló and close advisers insulted people including women and victims of Hurricane Maria.
Marin's resignation had left Vazquez as next in line to be governor. But she said she has already told Rossello about her wishes not to get the job, creating a chaotic scenario about who will be Puerto Rico's next leader. The announcement comes a day before Puerto Ricans planned another march, this time against Vazquez, who is accused of not ordering an investigation into the alleged mismanagement of supplies for hurricane victims, among other things.
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