The former Minister of the Environment, Adrián Peña, accused the former Vice Chancellor of being a liar for not providing all the information about the drug trafficker’s passport.
Yesterday’s statements from Carolina Ache generated controversy within the political arch of the coalition, headed by the senator and former Minister of the Environment, Adrian Penawho treated her as a liar for omitting information about the case of the drug trafficker, imprisoned in the United Arab Emirates, who obtained a passport to return to the Uruguay, Sebastian Marset.
Yesterday, the former Vice Chancellor for the Colorado Party, Carolina Ache, admitted to the press that she had omitted information, during her interpellation in Parliament, about the current state of Sebastián Marset when he was given the Uruguayan passport to return to the country. Ache acknowledged that all authorities involved – the Interior Minister, Luis Alberto Heberand the chancellor Francisco Bustillo They knew about the situation.
“It’s not new, she lied,” said Peña, in statements to the press. “omitted some information and therefore acted with some negligence”, stressed the Colorado leader. “Those were the reasons why the sector was going to withdraw its political trust”, explained the coordinator of Ciudadanos, a sector of the Colorado Party from which Ache resigned at the end of last year when the scandal broke.
“The information that there was a communication between the undersecretaries was known, and we met it in the interpellation. Then the chats are known. When we met them, it became clear that what he said in Parliament was not what had happened, “added Peña.
Together with the senator, the senator from Town meeting, Guillermo Domenech, who considered that it is “very serious” that someone admits to having lied in the Senate of the Republic. “We believe that solidarity cannot lead to falsifying the truth,” said the senator at a press conference in the Parliament and added that he believes that Ache He has intentions of compromising ministers Heber and Bustillo.
For his part, Senator National Party, Sergio Botana he remarked that Ache should have spoken when he had the chance. “I was quite surprised. She is denouncing it, but if someone hides information, she may be the first to say she is lying,” said Botana. “He came to Parliament, he says not have told the truth, or not having told the whole truth and now denounces that he says he has not told the whole truth. She is the one who says that she knew things and did not say them. She will clarify if it is true if the others knew and did not say, “he added.
Source: Ambito
