The consequences of the controversy over the participation of the now former chancellor Francisco Bustillo in the delivery of the passport to the drug trafficker Sebastian Marset begin to shake the government that lost one of its figures, and from the same National Party (PN) They ask to sustain the institutionality based on the resignation of the other leaders involved. Meanwhile, the Broad Front (FA) complain to the president Luis Lacalle Pou to return to Uruguay and call a meeting with all political parties.
He Marset case It is not the first scandal of the current administration, but the ruling party admits that “it is the biggest mess”. The unrest among the partners of the Multicolor Coalition It is not strange either, although on this occasion, the most upset are the nationalists themselves, where “fury” and “zero support” abound towards the hierarchs who are still under the microscope and who, according to the white party, They must also step aside.
In this way, Bustillo seems to have opened the door for the Minister of the Interior to also leave the government. Luis Alberto Heberwhich, although it would not have a direct participation in the controversy over Marset’s passport, is already worn out on a political level by the clashes with the Broad Front; of the Undersecretary of the Interior, Guillermo Maciel; and the presidential advisor Roberto Lafluf. The last two, mentioned directly in the statements that the former vice chancellor Carolina Ache made yesterday in the Prosecutor’s Office.
Among their own, the obvious lies that they uttered during the interpellation in the Parliament, when they said that “it was not known who Marset was” at the time of issuing the Uruguayan passport, they hurt more. “We have a barbaric fight; “They all have to go, like Milei,” said one of the most involved white senators, according to El País. Another spoke of “lack of respect” with the leaders of the ruling party “who are trying to do things right.” This time, the fallen would be people very close to the leadership not only of the national government, but also of the PN.
The white deputy Jorge Gandini, who will also compete internally for the presidential candidacy, used social networks to summarize a feeling that would run through all nationalist ranks: “To the militants, to the comrades, first of all, ask for their forgiveness. The Party matters, the Government matters, but first comes the Homeland and its Institutions. Now calm, confidence, there is a President.”
The Frente Amplio demands responsibility from Lacalle Pou
He Broad Front, Meanwhile, he also remembers that there is a president and, in fact, demanded that he return immediately from his barely started trip to USA. “We must take charge of a painful circumstance for the Republic, painful for our institutions,” said the president of the left coalition, Fernando Pereira, after the meeting held by the executive Secretary of the opposition in Seregni footprint after Ache’s statements and the existence of Bustillo’s audios became known.
The Frente Amplista intention is that Lacalle Pou call for a summit with all the political parties that allows “recomposing the institutionality.” “It is a very serious issue and it must be treated very soberly,” said the president of the Broad Front. “We want to get out of this issue in an institutional way, in dialogue with all the parties and the president,” he noted.
They also agreed with the whites in seeking more departures in addition to Bustillo’s, but added that Heber, Maciel and Lafluf should not only resign, but be dismissed. “If everyone knew, as the vice chancellor said, there should be no one left“, considered Pereira, and added that “the president must give clear signals to Uruguayans.”
For the opposition, the current situation is greatest institutional crisis of this government since 2020.
Source: Ambito
