Top Puerto Rico officials resign in group chat scandal that ensnares governor

FILE PHOTO: Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rossello speaks during an interview in New York City, U.S., November 2, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File PhotoSAN JUAN - Two of Puerto Rico’s top government officials resigned on Saturday following the publication of a bombshell group chat in which Governor Ricardo Rossello and his closest allies exchanged controversial messages that have led to widespread calls for Rossello to also step down.

Two of the 12-member group chat - Secretary of State Luis Rivera Marin and Christian Sobrino, the island’s chief financial officer and Rossello’s representative on Puerto Rico’s federally created fiscal oversight board - left the government following Saturday’s release by Puerto Rico journalist group Centro de Periodismo Investigativo of 889 pages of text messages.

Activist groups and Puerto Rican celebrities such as Ricky Martin and Bad Bunny have also called for the governor’s immediate resignation.

I sorry to write this the governor should resign he disrespected people of Puerto Rico like trump have disrespected the American people

But...after all the criticisms..let's not forget, those were private chats. That's wrong and a breach of privacy. Wrong!

Send Sandy Ocasio back there to run the place as an independent nation!

Corrupt 3rd world fiefdom. Ridiculous city-state.

impeach the president of Puerto Rico

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