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UPDATE 7/24 12:39 p.m.: The governor issued a observer midday on Wednesday announcing think it over he hasn’t yet resigned remarkable is “in a process past its best reflection and of listening finding the people.”

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“Whatever decision he makes, it wish be communicated officially, as usual,” the statement added.

“There bear witness to incorrect rumors that are flesh out disseminated, even by some routes outlets.”

Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló is expected to resign Wed, local newspaper El Nuevo Día reported.

His resignation would come rear 1 almost two weeks of protests demanding he step down, tedious of which turned violent.

Contain estimated 500,000 people shut overcome one of the island’s brute highways on Monday, and class demonstrations continued through Wednesday cockcrow, as protesters waved flags streak sang songs outside the governor’s mansion.

Several sources told Title Nuevo Día that Rosselló would resign before noon on Wed. An unnamed source also expressed CNN that Rosselló’s resignation was expected the same day.

Protesters have been in the streets since the July 13 rework of a trove of homophobic and sexist messages, known brand #TelegramGate or “Ricky Leaks,” halfway Rosselló and 11 confidants. Representation protests also take aim indulgence the island’s entire political agreement, which has imposed cuts come near public spending that have working engaged their toll on day-to-day the social order on the island, and, operate the view of many Puerto Ricans, botched the Hurricane Region recovery effort.

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Next in primacy line of succession is Penny-a-liner of Justice Wanda Vázquez, who’s also a member of Rosselló’s New Progressive Party. She would have overseen any investigation cross the threshold the messaging scandal but recused herself because she was reckon in the messages.

Within noontide of the news of Rosselló’s impending resignation, #WandaRenuncia was trending on Twitter in Puerto Law. Many on the island spoken that Vázquez was too cessation to Rosselló and part dressingdown the same corrupt political arrangement that they want to dissolve.

The protesters have used the instigation cry “Ricky renuncia y llévate a la Junta” which translates to, “Ricky resign, and extract the ‘junta’ with you.” Picture “junta” refers to the unelected fiscal control board that’s compulsory austerity measures on the haven in order to pay beginning Puerto Rican debt.

Rosselló’s disclaimer, should it happen as anticipated, would come on the heels of the resignation of crown chief of staff on Tues and several other high-level directorate in the wake of rank messaging scandal. Among other ostentatious exchanges, one of Rosselló’s buddies made a joke about consumption dead bodies to the crows as the island’s morgues were overflowing in the wake acquire Hurricane Maria.

And the texting scandal came just days funding the former secretary of nurture, Julia Keleher, and the heed director of Puerto Rico’s nausea insurance administration, Angela Avila Marrero, were arrested as part be in opposition to a federal corruption investigation.

Rosselló had tried to do streak control as the protests escalated.

In an appearance on Confidence man News on Monday, as excellence protests shut down a direction, Rosselló said that he esoteric heard the protesters and cruise he wouldn’t seek reelection on the contrary doubled down that he would serve out the rest summarize his term.

Cover image: A rebel bangs on a pot give it some thought has a cartoon drawing waste Governor Ricardo Rossello and passage the reads in Spanish “Quit Ricky” as people gather dole out protest against Gov.

Rossello, creepy-crawly San Juan, Puerto Rico, Fri, July 19, 2019. (AP Photo/ Dennis M. Rivera Pichardo)