Camaño said that “the explanation of the Prosecutor’s Office is not clear” because Fossati is going to continue with the investigation but, supposedly, they do not know what facts it is about. “By not telling us what those facts are, you cannot continue with the statement (of Leal)” in the Prosecutor’s Office, “explained Leal’s lawyer. To this, Camaño added that the law is not being followed not knowing what the reasons are for being taken as investigated in the cause.
How did you go from being a witness to being investigated?
Two weeks ago, after seven minutes of hearing between Leal and the prosecutor —a summons that was given after the same former custodian of the president Luis Lacalle Pou, Alexander Astesiano, declared that the front man had gone to his parents’ house to offer them money—; Fossati insisted that the former official get a lawyer for the next meeting.
Last Wednesday, Leal’s lawyer appeared at the Fossati prosecutor’s office to find out why the change of witness was investigated by the former director. Also, he questioned the fact that a meeting that took place in Brazil is being investigated, since it is outside the jurisdiction of the Uruguayan authorities.
The malaise of the Broad Front
After knowing that the front player Gustavo Loyal went from being a witness to being investigated in the investigation carried out by the prosecutor Fossati for the Astesiano case, different leaders of the Broad Front (FA) They were upset by the call to investigate the sociologist.
“Most likely it will end in nothing and the mountain has given birth to a mouse,” he said. Fernando Pereira, president of the party, at a press conference in Mercedes, department of Soriano. For Pereira, the government seeks to “cover up its acts of corruption” with the situation of the Frente AP sociologist and pointed out that Justice “cannot prevent” one person from meeting with another.
For his part, the opposition senator Alexander Sanchez He also questioned the prosecutor’s decision and asked at a press conference: “Doesn’t it seem strange that the first question of the politicians is from the opposition, and not from the government, which is the one with this corruption problem?” legislator, it is “very rare” that “by sitting down to talk with the father of someone who is in prison, an investigation is hindered.” Thus, he added: “We are going to defend that people in Uruguay can speak freely with anyone. What is a crime that Leal has spoken with Astesiano’s father?
Source: Ambito
