Puerto Ricans demanded answers Monday after botched primaries forced officials to reschedule voting at centres lacking ballots, an unprecedented decision being called a blow to the U.S. territory's democracy. "That scar will never leave Puerto Rico," said political analyst Domingo Emanuelli. Puerto Rico Governor Wanda Vazquez Garced is demanding the resignation of Juan Ernesto Davila, president of the election commission. Vazquez faces Pedro Pierluisi, who represented Puerto Rico in Congress from 2009 to 2017. But Puerto Rico's Supreme Court ruled that Vazquez, then the justice secretary, was constitutionally next in line because there was no secretary of state.

Source: CBC News August 10, 2020 15:33 UTC