The prosecutor, separated from the Astesiano case with controversy, informed the court prosecutor, Juan Gómez, of her decision.
In the conversation with the court prosecutor, Juan Gomez, Gabriela Fossati He would have consulted him about the status of the decision on the complaint by Gustavo Leal’s lawyer, Diego Camaño, to which he added his intentions to resign at the beginning of September, something that he will have to communicate officially, through a formal procedure
According to tax sources cited by the Underlined media outlet, the reason for the resignation is due to all the derivations that the former custodian of the president had in the investigation of the case Luis Lacalle Pou, Alexander Astesiano and the manner in which the Prosecutor’s Office responded to events.
Among the most publicized derivations of the case are the leaks of the investigation folder of the Astesiano case, the declarations of the court prosecutor to the press that were not very accurate regarding Fossati, the leaked audios in what insinuated political influence in the investigation against the ex-custodian, the complaint from Leal’s lawyer and the criminal complaint for defamation and the administrative investigation against his colleague Fernando Romano for gender violence.
The Prosecutor’s Office has not yet made decisions regarding two issues: the complaint by Gustavo Leal’s lawyer, Diego Camaño, and the complaint for gender violence against prosecutor Romano, where statements were made. These inconclusive situations, according to sources, is one of the reasons why the prosecutor decided to resign in September.
Gómez’s decisions that did not go down well with the ruling party
A month ago, the decision of the Court prosecutor to transfer the prosecutor Gabriela Fossati did not sit well with the pro-government ranks, who understood the decision to separate Fossati from the cause of the forged passports as a way of giving in to pressure from Diego Camaño, the lawyer of the Frente Amplio leader Gustavo Leal.
Source: Ambito
