“A huge portion of the population is unhappy and I recognize it,” Rosselló said on Facebook Live. “I’ve heard you, I love the island and people. … Today I have the responsibility to direct my strengths to try to find alternatives so that with God we may be able to move forward.”
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Rosselló is two and a half years into his four year term.
“I’m going to be looking forward to turning over power to the person elected democratically,” he said.
The announcement followed a week of intense protests in the US territory, most of which have taken place right outside the governor’s mansion in San Juan, with demonstrators chanting and banging pots and pans.
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