It was confirmed by the bench coordinator, Amanda Della Ventura. The order is expected to be finalized on Wednesday.
The bench coordinator Broad Front (FA), Amanda Della Ventura, confirmed that the party will oppose the impeachment request of the senator Gustavo Penades be treated directly and without going through commissions, as requested by the defendant himself.
Della Ventura confirmed that the FA will vote on the prosecutor’s request Ana Ghione, who investigates penades for sexual abuse. However, she ruled out “clearly” that it be voted in plenary as a “serious and urgent” matter. In this way, after the meeting between the benches of all the parties, the opposition blocking the possibility that the impeachment be dealt with by the Constitution and Legislation Commission of the Senate. “The pass always deserves, but even more so in a case as serious as this one,” the legislator confided at a press conference.
The FA points out that the Commission read “carefully” the fundamentals of the request made by Judge Marcela Vargas. For Della Ventura, after passing through the Constitution and Legislation, the impeachment could be voted on the same Tuesday, although it is most likely that it will be carried out on Wednesday.
Argimón had raised the possibility of voting directly
Earlier, the vice president and head of the Senate, Beatriz Argimón, had raised three possible scenarios in the Parliament. After meeting with the bench coordinators, he explained that a report could be given “in voce” on Tuesday and voted on in plenary, something that was endorsed by himself. Penades, when asking the vice presidency that the request of the Prosecutor’s Office be dealt with directly, taking into account what the case represents for the society of Uruguay.
In the other two possible scenarios, the Commission would intervene. argimon He proposed to send the project on Tuesday so that it can be passed to an intermediate room and the senators can vote on it that same day. However, the third possibility is that the Commission “defines its times”, which could lead to the impeachment being voted on Wednesday. In any case, the vice president clarified that “all the parties are willing to lift the lawlessness” of the senator.
Source: Ambito
