The senators of the Multicolor Coalition they defined in the Parliament approve shipment to Prosecutor’s Office and the Transparency and Public Ethics Board (Jutep) the results of the report of the investigative commission against Charles Carrera, legislator of Broad Front, for “acts that appear criminal” linked to the management of the Police Hospital during the governments of Jose Mujica and Tabaré Vázquez.
Echoing the situation, Career, who did not attend the session like his peers from the FA, He maintained that this is retaliation for “having denounced numerous acts of corruption involving this government.”
In the commission headed by Senator Jorge Gandini (National Party) they accused Career for alleged irregularities while serving in the General Directorate of the Secretariat of the Ministry of the Interior between the years 2010 to 2017.
In the resolution, the Parliament referred to the Prosecutor’s Office to investigate “conduct with criminal appearance” committed by Career and the representative Susana Pereyra, who was accused of using a false public document. Meanwhile, they were entrusted to Jutep for possible improper use of public power.
The release of Charles Carrera
The senator of Wide Front echoed the situation through his social networks, from where he assured that the commission is “a political circus” and thanked his fellow members for “leaving the benches empty” during the vote, accusing the ruling party of “pressuring politically to Justice.”
“Today I had to once again be the focus of the attacks of this worn-out government, which uses politics to address issues that should be resolved by Justice,” he noted. Career, who noted that the commission declared him “guilty in advance.”
Along the same lines, he recalled that “all these actions of political persecution were duly reported to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, who already asked for explanations from “Uruguayan State.”
Gandini’s explanation and Da Silva’s chicane
About what was decided in the Parliament, Gandini He stated that there is “a series of behaviors with a clear criminal appearance” and recalled that the investigation began last year.
“We are going to add new documentation: testimonies from experts, from hospital directors, from police health, treasurers of the Ministry. The proof that the Police Hospital was used is clearly documented, for civilians who do not pay the 4%, who have Fonasa or attention in ASSE, that some of those civilians are direct relatives of Senator Carrera,” he stated.
In turn, the senator Guillermo Domenech (Open Town Hall) He regretted the absence of the FA and said that “it is a shame”, while his counterpart Sebastian Da Silva (National Party) was ironic. “The date is complicated for them, maybe they are preparing Halloween Night, a night of terror,” he told the Frente Amplio.
Source: Ambito
