The ex-president Jose Mujica He stated in a press conference that he felt “pain“for the complaints of sexual abuse of minors received by the senator of the National Party, Gustavo Penadeswhom he described as “the best representative” of the government in the Senate.
Mujica indicated that he should not be a judge “until the Justice take (the case)”, but that, “curiously”, with Penadés a dialogue could be established “Tall” in Parliament despite the different political positions with the nationalist legislator.
After being asked if the situation in Penadés could complicate the dialogue in the Senate, the Frente Amplio referent limited himself to answering that “don’t see who to talk to” by the ruling party.
The former vice president Lucia Topolansky He considered it convenient to lift the privileges of Penadés if Justice so requires, and pointed out that “we must continue” with this issue, since “it is not convenient for the country.”
Senator Caggiani said that Penadés “is an extremely delicate case for the Senate”
The senator from the front Daniel Caggianiwho, like Mujica and Topolansky, is a member of the Popular Participation Movement (MPP), assured that the one in Penadés is about “an extremely delicate case for the Senate of the republic“, given that “we are not used to a senator receiving this type of accusation“.
Caggiani, assured that although they have not yet discussed it, the broad front “Surely” it will accompany the request for impeachment of Penadés in the event that Justice settles it in this way. “It is not a situation that has to do with any performance of the legislator in the chamber, but in his private life,” he commented.
“It is important to give a message to the public,” Caggiani told Underlined. However, he recognized as “an important precedent” the fact that Penadés has sent a letter to the vice president Beatriz Argimon “requesting not to rely on the privileges in the event that its violation is requested”, beyond the merits of the matter.
Source: Ambito
