Puerto Rico is looking for a governor now that the current tenant of La Fortaleza will move out by 5 pm next Friday.

Ricardo Rosselló announced his resignation late Wednesday night. His natural successor, according to the island's constitution should have been Secretary of State Luis Rivera Marín. But he stepped down a few days ago as well.

So Justice Secretary Wanda Vázquez is the next in line. She's already spoken to the current governor about transition matters.


But there is very little precedent to follow.

"This is the problem, right? There is nothing within the constitution of Puerto Rico that talks about special elections," said former City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito of Latino Victory/Power 4 Puerto Rico. "So you have now the possibility of someone who is unelected who would be in the position for a year and a half, so the people are not accepting that either,"

And Vázquez herself may be involved in a corruption scandal.

"This is really a Puerto Rican people's revolution," said Jaime Estades, the president of the Latino Leadership Institute. "This is not going to stop until the government is cleaned up."

So Rosselló's New Progressive Party is trying to quickly find someone to be appointed Secretary of State and confirmed by the Senate and Assembly in time to take the top job.

"When you have the opportunity of, for the first time in history, having someone become governor without going through the elecciones process, it's a very enticing proposition," said former Secretary of State Kenneth McClintock, a Democrat, like Rosselló.

So enticing that McClintock himself is one of the few names being circulated as a possibility. He is now retired from politics, but is he interested?

McClintock: That is a question that would have to be asked not by you, who doesn't appoint.

Benítez: But if they call you and ask you, would you take it?

McClintock: If they call me and ask me, there's an excellent telecommunications system that allows me to talk directly and answer directly the questions that they make. If I need any help with communications, I'll give you a call.

In the meantime, the streets of Old San Juan are recovering from the hangover of two weeks of protests.

A block from the governor's mansion is the new corner of Resistance and Revolution Streets, which were renamed by demonstrators. San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz wants them to stay that way.

"The next generation needs to understand what democracy is about," the Democrat said. "But it's about the power of the people, and the power of the people is in the streets. When we join together we make change happen."

In fact, there's even talk about preserving these barricades, as a reminder of the historic moment in which a united Puerto Rico took down an unpopular governor.