For his part, Pereira considered that it is “surprising and worrying” Fossati’s decision to denounce him “from the institutional point of view” and “from the exercise of political rights”; and he claimed not to understand where he defamed the prosecutor. “When we subvert the order and we believe that the Prosecutor’s Office can get into the political life of a country, the problem is not Fernando Pereira’s, the problem is freedom of expression, democratic freedom, the action of the parties politicians”, he questioned, also referring to the lack of explanations on the part of the judicial official.
“If you had told me that I insulted you, I disqualified you personally, but I listened until late to all the interviews I had and I did not find a hurtful phrase against the prosecutor, I did find a ‘Like’ from the prosecutor to a tweet in which I They called me ‘zapallo’, “he added, indicating that these are things that can happen. “Clearly these cases end in nothing, their objective is to be distracting, to put people in the pillory,” he assured.
Finally, the president of the FA said that he will wait for the summons, but that the prosecutor and the Uruguayan people must be clear that “it is not a complaint of defamation and insults that is going to silence the president of the Broad Front. The prosecutor has to clarify. I can comment on a prosecutor and a prosecutor can comment on me, “he concluded.
The criticisms of Pereira and Grille
The president of the Broad Front had publicly questioned whether Fossati had “acted in accordance with the law” after Leal’s situation changed from witness to being investigated without much explanation. This fact, which caused a stir in the left-wing coalition due to the not inoffensive fact that the first political investigator in a case that involved different government officials, was an opponent.
In this regard, Pereira maintained that the prosecutor of flagrancy it was “not clear,” and that “there are a number of huge flaws” in its procedure that require explanation. “What are the things for which Leal is being investigated? It sounds like political pushes, a distraction from an issue that is serious for the government, ”considered the Frente Amplista, and Fossati responded to his statements with a complaint.
For his part, the presentation against Grille occurred due to an opinion column that the journalist published in the magazine he directs, in which he maintains that although the ruling that sentenced the former head of presidential security to four years in prison, Alexander Astesiano“most likely it is adjusted to the law”, even so “it was not a triumph of Justice.”
“He left the president, his main collaborators and the big hegemonic media happy. The end did not leave the justice system on a good footing and generated distrust in a very important part of the citizenry, ”he wrote and, evidently, Fossati did not agree.
Previously, Grille had also harshly criticized the prosecutor in her columns. There he had also questioned his attitude towards the Astesiano case, pointing out his “cowardice” and “institutional hypocrisy” in the face of the possibility of losing prestige in pursuit of “preserving the most powerful”. In addition, the journalist pointed out that “perhaps to calm his conscience, Fossati warned that he was not going to go to the bottom” because “no one is interested in justice.”
Source: Ambito
