The scandal regarding the direct allocations of the Joint Technical Commission (CTM) in Big Jump continues to generate opinions from the opposition regarding the government’s position, this time it was up to Yamandu Orsiwho criticized the president’s actions Luis Lacalle Pou.
The presidential candidate for Wide Front and current mayor of cannelloni spoke about the president’s position regarding accusations of political clientelism in the CTM. For Orsi, Lacalle Pou at first supported the directors of Big Jump, but then he ended up “distancing himself.” Something that, according to the Canarian mayor, is a permanent strategy of the president.
Regarding the president’s silence, Orsi assured that it is good that the president does not continue talking about the issue since many times in politics, the silence”. In this sense, the mayor stressed that this was a case that shook the government and that measures are necessary to correct what is wrong, at the same time that he believed that the “demarcation” of the president is a “way of operating that does no one good.”
In this sense, Orsi assured that the president is not responsible for everything, but rather that “there is a responsibility on many issues.” However, he did not miss the opportunity to ironically say that “it is a president who takes care of everything.”
Interpellation to Arbeleche and Bustillo
The questioning the ministers of Economy and Finance (MEF), Azucena Arbeleche, and of Foreign Relations, Francisco Bustillo —due to allegations of political clientelism in the Joint Technical Commission (CTM) of Big Jump that impact the government of Uruguay and, above all, to National Party-, will take place on October 3, with the support of the Broad Front, but also of Town meeting.
After the first complaints, the controversy did not wait. With the former president of the CTM of Salto Grande, Carlos Albisu, At the center of the storm, accusations of political patronage are the government’s new headache.
The reasons are two: on the one hand, the hiring of councilors from the National Party that resulted in the direct entry of 35 people in three years to positions that should have been competitive; On the other hand, the allocation of an additional budget item for 200 million pesos —which, although the MEF indicated that It was for “operating costs.”from the opposition they point out that the destiny was the high salaries of those hired irregularly.
This is why the Frente Amplio presented a motion to the House of Representatives to question Arbeleche and Bustillo—a request that was accompanied by Cabildo Abierto—, which will finally happen next October 3, from 10. The questioning member will be the Frenteamplista deputy Nicolas Viera.
Source: Ambito
