Senate: Puerto Rico and Pierluisi

senate: At his first news conference as leader of the bankrupt U.S. territory, Pierluisi said Puerto Rico's Senate would meet on Wednesday to vote on whether to confirm his position as governor. ; Pierluisi, a lawyer who formerly advised the despised, federally created board supervising Puerto Rico's bankruptcy, was sworn in even though his appointment had not yet gone before the Senate for a vote, according to The Japan Times. Senate President Thomas Rivera Schatz, who calls Pierluisi the lawyer for Puerto Rico's No. 1 enemy, termed the controversial move unethical and illegal. Ricardo Rossello, lawyer Pedro Pierluisi, was sworn in on Friday after Rossello stepped down, but Pierluisi said his term might be short because the island's Senate still had to ratify his position. The Senate will have its say and by the end of Wednesday we'll know whether I am ratified, Pierluisi, who until a week ago was a corporate attorney for Washington law firm O'Neill & Borges, told reporters. Rossello, a 40-year-old, first-term governor, had tapped Pierluisi as secretary of state, a position that would put him first in line as successor to the governor. If I am not ratified then the second in line, the secretary of justice of Puerto Rico, will take over the governorship. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.