Blows and whiskey in a session of the Rocha Departmental Board

Blows and whiskey in a session of the Rocha Departmental Board

The vote to approve the construction of a new bus terminal in Lescano ended with a complaint of aggression by a white mayor to another front member.

The Rocha Departmental Board it became the scene of a tense episode between the councilors while the acquisition of land for the construction of a new bus terminal in the commune was discussed; and, according to the complaints, there were beatings and whiskey involved.

It all began with the prior treatment for the purchase of land in Lescano, on whose site it is planned to locate the new bus terminal of Rock. According to the departmental government, the broad front “prevented” the construction of the terminal and, consequently, provoked the conflict since, after “voting in favor in the Commission, the opposition changed its position in plenary.”

For the approval of the project it was necessary to reach the special majority of 21 votes, but the final count culminated in 17 adhesions and 14 votes against the construction of the terminal in the Lascanense city.

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The biggest problem came to light later, when the Departmental Board of the Broad Front issued a statement denouncing “the physical and verbal aggression committed by the nationalist mayor Miguel Sanguinetti against the mayor of the front Gustavo Hereo, during the course of the session. Apparently, Hereo received a “soap in the neck” on behalf of the white mayor, a fact that was immediately reported to the president of the Board, German Magalhaes.

After the notice of the attack, the Frente Amplista mayor Federico Amarilla asked to adjourn the session, while another representative exclaimed that Sanguinetti was drinking whiskey in plenary.

“It is very difficult to speak within the framework that we had been discussing when an event reported by a colleague happened (…) Do you know what happens? Here there was never an interest from the mayor that this go ahead,” Amarilla said in this regard, referring to to the bus terminal in Lascano.

The arguments of the negative vote of the Broad Front

Beyond the episode that took place in the Departmental Board and the accusations of the Rochense ruling party, the Broad Front issued another statement in which explain your position on the Lescano bus terminal.

In the text, they assured that they support its construction, but pointed out that the mayor Alejo Umpierrez “intends” to make the purchase of land to carry out the work “without compliance with due process”.

“In addition to signing a reservation ticket prior to consideration by the Board, there was no dialogue either with the citizenry, nor with the Lascano Municipalitynor were other proposals taken into account, nor was a public call made for such a purchase,” the statement said. In this sense, it noted that the value of the land is $252,000which “far exceeds” what was previously appraised.

The Frente Amplista councilors proposed the creation of a Institutional work commission made up of the Departmental Board, the Ministry of Transportthe Departmental Executive and the Municipality of Lascano to study the issue.

Source: Ambito

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