Backyard Bondholders, a nonprofit organization representing individual Puerto Rico creditors, on Wednesday said it favors the adoption of a fiscal control board to facilitate an orderly debt restructuring process.
The Puerto Rico government’s decision to enact a debt moratorium and declare a state of emergency at the Government Development Bank prompted ratings agency S&P to downgrade the agency and Moody’s to warn of looming creditor lawsuits.
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said Wednesday the legislation enacted giving Puerto Rico Gov. Alejandro García-Padilla the power to suspend debt service payments would lead to a further credit downgrade, to “default” status.