the mayor of Montevideo, Caroline Cossedescribed as “operetta” the “pseudo audit” that carried out the current administration of before for the final cost in the works of the antel arenaand of “outrageous for democracy” to his current call for impeachment by the senators of the Multicolor Coalition.
The departmental head defended herself against the accusations and maintained that this summons “is part of a series of attacks” against him by the national government alliance.
Now, the hierarch must respond in writing or appear before Parliament within a period of 10 days (since yesterday), after the Constitution and Codes Commission of the Senate approved the start of his impeachment by a total of 5 affirmative votes on 9.
The trial request had been promoted by councilors of the Departmental Board on October 31 of last year, after Cosse refused to respond to some requests for reports that were made to him. Regarding this, the president assured that she “neither Municipality of Montevideo (MI) nor have I committed any legal offense, nor violated or injured any aspect of the Constitution.”
Cosse affirmed that “the entire coalition attacked her” during the departmental campaign
In the same tone, Cosse pointed out that the call for judgment that “seeks to remove her” and that it deserves “various reflections” as it is not “an isolated action”, because “during the electoral campaign towards the mayor the entire coalition” “attacked” it, including “some ministers”.
In turn, he maintained that “he is not going to be distracted”, since these “attacks” are intended to “distract from what is important”, and that “he is not going to stop working” or “he is not going to stop saying the things he thinks are they are wrong” while living “the worst case of corruption in the history of Uruguay”, in reference to the Astesiano case.
Likewise, he indicated that “it has always acted in accordance with the law” and that “if something has characterized the IM it is transparency”, to which he added, “said by certifying bodies, not even by us”.
The president of Antel assured that Cosse committed an “illegal waste of public money without control”
The president of Antel, Gabriel Gurmendezassured that Cosse committed a “illegal waste of public money without control” during the construction of the Antel Arena, inaugurated in 2018. The head of the state company went further and maintained that “it is frivolous to want to trivialize with a nickname the criminal investigation that investigates possible crimes“, alluding to the words of the mayor.
Gurméndez, dismissed the accusation against the current administration of the state company, recalling that a “operetta” is by definition a “musical show of modest pretensions and of a comic or frivolous nature”, and that this does not adjust to the events that occurred during the construction of the covered stadium.
Source: Ambito
