Puerto Rico governor swears in hand-picked successor; Senate leader outraged
SAN JUAN (Reuters) - Disgraced Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rosselló swore in the lawyer he hand-picked as his successor on Friday as he resigned after weeks of protests, while the U.S. territory's Senate leader blasted the succession choice as "unethical and illegal." The governor's office said in a statement that lawyer Pedro Pierluisi, who advised the unpopular federal panel overseeing the island's bankruptcy, was sworn in as governor after Rosselló stepped down. Hundreds of people, many waving the Puerto Rican flag, chanted and rang bells outside the governor's mansion in the historic centre of San Juan, as they awaited the governor's resignation.
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