Puerto Rico: Ricardo Rosselló resigns as party president over text messages
- Embattled leader stops short of resigning as governor
- Protesters had set Sunday evening deadline for his departure
Puerto Rico’s embattled governor Ricardo Rosselló has announced that he will resign as president of the ruling New Progressive party and will not contest next year’s gubernatorial election, but has stopped short of resigning as governor of the US territory.
The announcement, made via Facebook live, follows 10 days of mass protests over a text message scandal that prompted senior members of his own party and representatives in Washington to withdraw their support.