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Official Set to Replace Puerto Rico Governor Refuses Job

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   The woman slated to replace Puerto Rico's governor after he steps down
   next week said on Sunday she does not want the job.

   "I reiterate, I have no interest in occupying the position of
   governor," Justice Secretary Wanda Vazquez wrote on Twitter. "It is a
   Constitutional dictum. I hope that the governor identifies and submits
   a candidate for the position of secretary of state before Aug. 2 and I
   have told him so."

   Governor Ricardo Rossello on Wednesday announced that he would step
   down on August 2 after nearly two weeks of massive protests triggered
   by a leaked obscenity-laced chat in which Rossello and close advisers
   insulted people including women and victims of Hurricane Maria.

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