(CNN) Wanda Vázquez Garced, Puerto Rico's secretary of justice, does not want to be governor of the US territory, she said on Twitter Sunday.

Secretary of Justice Wanda Vázquez Garced

"I have no interest in occupying the position of Governor," Vázquez said on Twitter.

According to Puerto Rico's order of succession, the secretary of state should be next in line after the governor. But the man holding that position, Luis G. Rivera Marín resigned July 13. He was one of the participants in a group chat at the heart of the scandal that led to protests and Rosselló's resignation.

This made Vázquez the next in line.

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