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American President, Joe Biden on Friday delegated power to Vice President Kamala Harris for the brief period of time when he is under anesthesia for a routine colonoscopy.
The temporary transfer of power to Harris made her, the first female acting president in the U.S. history.
White House Press secretary, Jen Psaki had said in a press statement that the same process was followed in 2002 and 2007, when then President George W. Bush underwent the same medical procedure.
“The Vice President will work from her office in the West Wing during this time,” Psaki said Friday morning.
Biden in a letter to the U.S. Senate President said he will undergo routine medical procedure requiring sedation.
Biden’s letter to the U.S. Senate Leader
“Today I will undergo a routine medical procedure requiring sedation.
“In view of present circumstances, I have determined to transfer temporarily the powers and duties of the office of President of the United States to the Vice President during the brief period of the procedure and recovery,” Biden said in the letter, which was shared by the White House in the early afternoon Friday.
“In accordance with the provisions of section 3 of the Twenty-Fifth Amendments to the United States Constitution, this letter shall constitute my written declaration that I am presently unable to discharge the powers and duties of the office of the President of the United States,” Biden wrote.
“Pursuant to section 3, the Vice President shall discharge those powers and duties as Acting President until I transmit to you a written declaration that I am able to resume the discharge of those powers and duties,” the letter said.
