Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rossello says he’ll no longer run for re-election

Embattled Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rossello mentioned Sunday he’ll no longer search re-election and can step down as head of his birthday party, however is not going to renounce his put up as chief of the island. 

Rossello made the announcement by way of a short lived Fb video as loads of audience posted offended messages. He additionally mentioned he’s having a look ahead to going through the method of impeachment, whose preliminary phases have begun in Puerto Rico’s legislature.

Rossello is going through public furor over an obscenity-laced on-line chat that confirmed the governor and his shut advisers insulting ladies and mocking constituents, together with sufferers of Storm Maria.

Public outrage over the leaked chats despatched loads of hundreds of Puerto Ricans marching to Rossello’s reputable place of abode in colonial Previous San Juan in fresh days tough his resignation.