However, the secretary general of the international organization would have failed “his ethical obligations.”
The external investigation to which the Uruguayan was subjected Luis AlmagroSecretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), concluded that the diplomat did not violate the norms of the organization continental, but if he missed “your additional ethical obligations“because of the affair he had with a subordinate, with whom, according to the accusation, he would have traveled to numerous tourist destinations using funds from the entity.
The Law Firm Report Miller & Chevalierassures that Almagro did not commit irregularities in the exercise of his mandatesince he took office on May 26, 2015. However, they maintain that he could have broken the organization’s rules that contemplate “common sense and good judgment, and other ethical obligations.”
The anonymous complaint that had targeted the Uruguayan hierarch was filed in June of last year, and since then the investigation had been closely followed by a group of eight Democratic deputies from the USAwho came to ask the president himself Joe Biden to support investigations into the “unethical behavior” of the Secretary General.
The researchers commented that the legal reference to “common sense” it is not regulated responding to the subjectivity of individualsnoting that Almagro “avoided any conflict of interest” with the OAS, and “maintained an adequate hierarchical and administrative distance” with the woman.
Almagro never hid the link with his lover, according to the investigation
According to the independent experts, Almagro never hid the relationship he had with his subordinate, but that this was public knowledge within the Pan-American organization, so his conduct “does not reflect the level of intent needed to support the occurrence of an intentional violation.”
The United States Ambassador to the OAS, Frank Moraaffirmed that they had received the report made by Miller & Chevalier, and maintained that an initial reading “the report seems exhaustive and fair”, and that it “concludes that the Secretary General’s relationship did not violate any of the rules and regulations of the OAS” .
Source: Ambito
