The chancellor Francisco Bustillo He resigned from his position after a series of audios were publicly released in which he asked the former vice chancellor, Carolina Achewho lost his cell phone, which contained warnings about the potential danger of granting a passport to the drug trafficker Sebastian Marsetwhen he was imprisoned in Dubai (United Arab Emirates)in 2021.
Bustillo made his resignation official this Wednesday from ownership of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MRREE) after the series of dialogues he had with achewhere he asked it to delete chats that contained warnings from the hierarchy of the Ministry of Interior about the background of Sebastian Marset.
The president of the Republic, Luis Lacalle Pouwas on a trip to USA to participate in the first summit of the Alliance for Economic Prosperity in the Americas (APEP) when he found out about the disclosure of the audios among Bustillo and ache.
After this, he maintained communication with the president (in office) Beatriz Argimonand the Secretary of the Presidency, Álvaro Delgado, who is touring the interior of the country.
The dialogues of Bustillo that saw the light did not leave anyone indifferent throughout the entire political arc, since since they were made known, both actors from the ruling party and the opposition called for the resignation of the Uruguayan chancellor.
Rain of criticism against Bustillo from the political sphere for his audios with Ache
The minister of Work and Social Security (MTSS)and leader of the Independent Party (PI), Pablo Mieresmaintained minutes before the resignation was known through his X account that “the events that became known today are very serious and warrant immediate measures linked to those who acted outside the legal framework.”
The nationalist senator Jorge Gandinicommented through the same social network, prior to the resignation of Bustillo, that the situation was “very serious” and that it would affect the government if it did not react correctly. “Everyone must now do their part to help the president,” he remarked.
For his part, the Mayor of Canelones, Yamandú Orsi, stated earlier that at “the heights of the government” there were “alleged lies, concealments, and attempts to destroy evidence.” “How much more do we have to know to understand the extreme severity of this crisis?” he asked.
Source: Ambito
