While Parliament deals with the impeachment of the white senator, the National Party will analyze, in principle, suspending him from his membership status and the pass to the Ethics Committee.
He National Party (NP) evaluates suspending the white senator Gustavo Penades of his status as a member of the complex legal situation he is going through in the case that is investigating him for sexual abuse of minors.
“The National Party board of directors has a session on Monday and surely it will apply a protocol that is already defined and that provides in these cases for the suspension of membership of the Party and the transfer of the case to the Ethics Committeewhich is the one that will follow up on it”, confirmed the senator Jorge Gandini about the steps to follow in the case of the senator, who is on leave both in the Parliament Uruguayan as in parlasur.
In dialogue with Underlined, Gandini explained that “time and the facts will tell if this suspension is temporary or if it is turns into an expulsionin a separation, and the Ethics Commission will access elements that will allow it to give a recommendation to the Party at the time.
Penadés is being investigated but has not yet been charged for the alleged crime of sexual abuse of minors after the first complaint by the PN militant Romina Celeste. So far, at least five people reported having been sexually exploited by the senator when they were minors, although Soledad Suarez, the lawyer of the legal office of the University of the Republic (Udelar) assured a few weeks ago that he was aware that more victims would have testified before Alicia Ghione, prosecutor of sexual crimes, outside of the practice’s sponsorship.
Parliament will deal with the impeachment of Penadés
Meanwhile, the case progresses and the criminal judge marcela vargas agreed yesterday to give rise to the impeachment of Penadés, ordered by the prosecutor Ghione, for what remains to be analyzed by the same Parliament that, until a few weeks ago, had the senator among its benches.
However, the vice president of the country and president of the Senate and the General Assembly, Beatriz Argimon, He assured that the impeachment request will have a “quick processing”.
“These are facts of public notoriety that deserve the lawlessness”said in this regard the senator of the PN Sebastian da Silva. “I am not in favor of privileges for other types of crimes that are not the opinion of a legislator. So I’m going to be consistent. The faster the Party deals with the issue, the better. It deserves that we be conclusive and fast, “added the, for now, co-religionist of Penadés.
For his part, the senator investigated for complaints of compensation or promises of compensation to minors or the disabled in exchange for sexual acts, denies the accusations and says he regrets nothing because he did not commit any crime.
Source: Ambito
