The Constitution and Codes Commission of the Senate approved the political trial against the mayor of Montevideo, who must present her defenses against the accusations.
He Senate approved the political trial against the mayor of Montevideo and one of the main figures of the Forehead Broad (FA), Carolina Cosse, with the votes of the government coalition; and the leftist leader must answer to the Parliament within ten days.
The trial request had been promoted by councilors of the Departmental Board of Montevideo on October 31, after Cosse refused to respond to some requests for reports that had been made. Now, those same ediles celebrate that the mayor will have to give explanations in front of the Constitution and Codes Commission of the Senate.
The next step in the process will correspond to Cosse: he will have to answer in writing or in person before Parliament within a period of ten “business, peremptory and non-extendable” days, to carry out their downloads before the accusation of the Departmental Board, as approved by 5 votes against the four of the Broad Front in the commission of the High camera.
On October 7, 2022, the Montevidean opposition councilors had voted in an extraordinary session to initiate a political trial of the mayor for not appearing in person before the Board to provide explanations about “the systematic failure to respond to requests for reports carried out by the ediles, as well as to the reiterations of the same carried out by the Body”.
The support of the leaders of the FA
Just as the Frente Amplio senators who participated in the vote were quick to support the mayor, other leaders of the left-wing coalition also expressed their support for Cosse through social networks.
One of them was the mayor of cannelloni and main candidate to head the presidential formula of the front in 2024, Yamandu Orsi, who considered the impeachment trial “unfair”, “inconvenient for democratic institutions” and “as inexplicable as it is absurd.” “All my support for Carolina Cosse. All my trust in democratic maturity of my country”, expressed the referent of the Popular Participation Movement (MPP).
Also the mayor of Jump, Andres Lima, it extended its support to its competitor in the internal party elections. “What the opposition is proposing is a legal aberration that seeks to seriously damage our institutions. They fear a strong woman, a great political leader. They do not harm her, they damage our democracy and we give a very bad international image, ”he expressed through her Twitter account.
For her part, the president of the Broad Front bloc in the Senate, Liliam Kechichian, She was one of the first to speak out after the unfavorable result in the vote, and pointed out that “there are still not two thirds of the votes to approve it” in plenary.
Source: Ambito
