The Transparency and Public Ethics Board (Jutep) decided to intimate the nationalist senator Juan Sartori to present the sworn declaration of assets of his wife, the Russian citizen Yekaterina Rybolovlevawhile the National Party He asked the legislator for a meeting.
At least two of the three members of the Jutep board – the president proposed by Council Open, Gabriela Dilongoand the vowel Ana Ferraris, representative of the Broad Front— They consider that Sartori is at fault for not having presented his wife’s sworn statement, which they understand as an unfulfilled obligation on the part of the white senator.
The senator has a period of 15 business days to regularize the situation; that is, to deliver the requested documentation. Otherwise, 50% of his income will be withheld, the member of the company told Subrayado. Jutep, Ana María Ferraris Barrios, who pointed out: “For that, it must be declared omitted.”
At the same time, the leader warned that the measure “may have consequences in terms of future applications for elective positions” and pointed out: “If it does not comply with the norm, there would be a problem. According to what arises from the provisions, it would generate an impediment.”
Sartori’s defense
Sartori argues that forcing him to present the statement of his wife – daughter of the Russian tycoon Dimitri Rybolovlev— “It violates the right to privacy, specifically to intimacy, and the right to legal certainty is contravened,” while the separation of assets governs their marriage. With this premise she went to the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) in October 2022 to request the unconstitutionality against article 12 of Law 17,060 —known as the crystal law of public officials—; but the highest judicial body rejected the claim by majority last week, initiating Jutep’s actions.
The Board, meanwhile, understands that the sworn statement is unique and that it must contain the information corresponding to the obligor and his or her spouse.
Tension in the National Party
Meanwhile, Sartori is in France, where yesterday he watched the rugby match of The Teros along with the nationalist senator as well Sebastian Da Silva; and plans to return to the country on October 2. That same day, the board of directors of the National Party is scheduled to meet, where the issue of the legislator and the sworn statement will be one of those put on the table.
“We will talk about it there, I guess,” said the president of the party. Pablo Iturralde, to El País, who also asked to have a meeting with Sartori to talk about the non-compliance. Likewise, and although he avoided giving his position on the omission, he clarified: “I always presented my sworn statement; mine and my wife’s.”
For his part, the substitute of the senator who is the center of the controversy, Juan Straneo, He pointed out that “to the extent that the National Party is asking for a meeting to define what Senator Sartori’s strategy will be on all these issues and, in turn, that we are internally handling the ruling of the Supreme Court of Justice, when we define it internallywe are going to make a formal return, which will surely be made by Sartori himself.”
Sartori denounces cruelty
The nationalist senator pointed out, for his part, that “what Jutep intends is inadmissible” regarding the possibility of being sanctioned, and expressed that “the origin of the problem is the existence of marriage and that there is a Separation of Property“. Likewise, Sartori insisted that his sworn statement is complete and that, therefore, he is not ignoring his responsibilities.
“Clearly there is a cruelty towards me. There are hundreds of directors of entities, mayors, prosecutors, mayors and councilors who did not present anything and I don’t see the same indignation. “I presented my sworn statement, but I cannot force my wife to do so,” she concluded, pointing out that the Frente Amplio seeks political returns with this controversy in the face of “the proximity of the elections.”
Source: Ambito
