The president of Broad Front (FA), Fernando Pereiraassured that the government is “adrift” after the accusation of multiple sexual crimes by the former white senator Gustavo Penadésand that when that happens “what people want is for it to end quickly.”
The party leader went further and stated today at a press conference that in the National Party (PN) They are “more angry because Penades “he lied to them, because he abused Uruguayan children.”
“It is not known how many there are, it is known that there are 10 who dared to report,” he said. Pereira. “The anger should not be because he lied to them, in any case that should be personal anger, the institutional anger should be because he violated children,” she insisted.
Pereira He stressed that the indignation of the PN leaders at the lie is “logical”, but this is less than the crimes for which he was accused.
“What did the FA muddy the field with? If it made five months of silence to protect the victims and the cause that was being investigated in Prosecutor’s Office“, indicated the broad front.
Javier García described Fernando Pereira’s comments as “violent”
The repercussions for the sayings of Pereira They did not wait in the white lines, and the Minister of National Defense, Javier Garcíadescribed the comments as “violent.”
“What he said is typical of a violent person,” he remarked. Garciawho invited Pereira and his party to retract the statements.
Garcia understands that a person who bears the political responsibility of Pereira cannot make those types of comments, since they “incite violence.”
“Honestly, I believe that the political system, the FA, and the Pereira It would be very good for him to admit that he was wrong,” the minister stressed.
For his part, the president of the PN, Pablo Iturraldestated that the Frente Amplista is seeking to “take electoral advantage from a true aberration.”
Through his X account (formerly Twitter), Iturralde published: “We regret that the president of the FA makes false statements in such a light manner in the face of a case of absolute seriousness and extreme sensitivity,” and also invited the leader of the FA to recant.
Source: Ambito
