The former president considered that what happened “was an abuse” and supported the motion approved in Parliament after the questioning.
The ex-president Jose Mujica expressed his opinion in harmony with the rest of the leaders of the Wide Front (FA) by pointing out that the complaints about what happened in the Joint Technical Commission (CTM) of Big Jump “it was an abuse” and he asked for the resignation of the Uruguayan delegation.
Meanwhile, when asked by Subrayado about the questioning of the chancellor Francisco Bustillo and the Minister of Economy and Finance, Azucena Arbeleche, Mujica He limited himself to pointing out: “They did what they could, I don’t like making firewood from a fallen tree.”
However, the president said that “it is a mistake to have defended that”, in reference to the members of the government, while he considered “the decision made by the legislative body to be good”, in reference to the request for the removal of the leaders in the Parliament.
Finally, the reference of Wide Front He insisted that they were human failures, pointing out that “institutions do not make mistakes, we humans who manage them make mistakes” and asked that the situation “have a good outcome.” Regarding whether the accused would have to resign, he stated: ” Yes, of course. “It’s an abuse.”
For Lacalle Pou, “there is no illegality or corruption”
When referring to complaints about clientelism in Big jump, President Luis Lacalle Pou He warned that “there is clearly no illegality and there is no corruption,” although he did admit “a perhaps indiscriminate abuse of a revenue mechanism.”
The president also promised to “solve” what happened, although he did not share the vision of the Parliament, where the FA and Town meeting They approved the motion calling for the resignation of all those involved in the case.
In the text, the legislators requested that “the immediate cessation of all contracts that, on a discretionary basis, through direct appointments, have been made as of April 23, 2020 be promoted,” emphasizing the “ immediate dismissal of those who have been hired and serve as councilors of the “Departmental Jumping Board.” Furthermore, they considered it necessary to carry out an external management audit in the Joint Technical Commission.
Source: Ambito
