After the accusations of sexual abuse against the senator Gustavo Penadesby the trans militant Romina Celestereferents of National Party (NP) They supported the also head of Parlasur, who belongs to that space. Meanwhile, the Attorney General’s Office announced this Wednesday that it will act ex officio to investigate whether or not the crime existed.
In fact, minutes before the press conference where Penadés denied the accusations against him, the Interior Minister Luis Alberto Heber – who belongs to List 71 like the investigated – met with him as a sign of support. Later, the chief gave his opinion at a press conference that what Celeste said “is a defamation and he has to prove it in court.”
Another minister who met with Penadés is Francisco Bustillo. The foreign minister went to visit the senator in his office after the press conference to “show solidarity.”
The president of the National Party in Montevideo, Laura Raffo, also supported the head of Parlasur. “I trust the Justice, which has already decided to act ex officio. I hope that the facts are clarified while maintaining the guarantees for all those involved,” he said in dialogue with The country.
For his part, the nationalist senator Jorge Gandini He expressed solidarity on his social networks. “I’ve known him for a long time. He is a colleague I respect and a dignified and honorable person. I believe in his word and I extend my solidarity to him. He submitted to Justice, accordingly,” she published.
In turn, the national deputy Rodrigo Blas highlighted “his enormous human condition” and the adviser to the Ministry of the Interior, Andres Capretti Casal, wrote: “He is one of the most respected, intelligent and most important legislators this country has.” “And that can only happen by being a good person!”
Romina Celeste’s accusation against Gustavo Penadés for sexual abuse
Romina Celeste told for the first time that, when she was 13 years old and still identified as a man, a leader of the National Party lifted her up batelle park and abused her in a motel. After various speculations on social networks, he finally identified the attacker as Gustavo Penadés.
According to Romina Celeste, the senator had two encounters with her as a teenager and visited Battle Park. In fact, the leader of the National Party was the first to ever stop her in the street.
With clear and express intentions of a sexual encounter, Penadés took her to a motel, without asking her for her identity card to verify her age but asking her to hide when entering the establishment. For Celeste, this is evidence that man I knew he was with a minor.
Penadés denied the accusations against him.
In a press conference, the legislator, who assumed the presidency of Parlasur last December, replacing the Paraguayan Tomás Bittar, said he was “shocked” because of Celeste’s accusations.
“You all know my sexual orientation, I have never cheated on it. I have never denied it. I am very proud of who I am. What I do not admit is that because I have my sexual orientation I can be accused of being a pedophile“, affirmed the legislator who, minutes before, had met with the Minister of the Interior, Luis Alberto Heber.
In turn, Penadés maintained that the sole purpose of the accusations is to submit him to “public ridicule” and warned: “I intend to go to the last consequences.”
Source: Ambito
