FILE PHOTO: The flags of the U.S. and Puerto Rico fly outside the Capitol building in San Juan, Puerto Rico May 4, 2017. REUTERS/ Alvin Baez
SAN JUAN (Reuters) - The handpicked successor to disgraced Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rossello was sworn in on Friday after Rossello stepped down, but lawyer Pedro Pierluisi said his term as governor might be short as the island's Senate still had to ratify his position.
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.
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