The opposition force called for more dismissals of Executive officials and was dismayed by the events.
Leaders of the Broad Front (FA) They launched a barrage of criticism of the government after the resignation of the former chancellor Francisco Bustillo due to the scandal over the disclosure of a series of audios suggesting the former vice chancellor Carolina Achethat he “lost” his phone, which contained warnings about the dangers of giving a passport to the Uruguayan drug trafficker Sebastian Marsetwhen he was imprisoned in Dubai (United Arab Emirates) in 2021, something that finally happened.
From the opposition force they point out that the resignation of Bustillo is not enough, and that there should be more dismissals of officials by the government, such as the Minister of the Interior, Luis A. Heberand the Undersecretary of the Interior, Guillermo Macielwho had informed ache the danger of drug traffickers, today a fugitive from Justice internationally after escaping a police raid in Bolivia.
Another of the Executive Branch officials targeted by the opposition is the advisor to the Presidency on communication matters, Roberto Lafluf, who is accused of destroying Foreign Ministry documents that were going to be presented to Justice, and in the midst of the scandal he traveled today to Brazil as personal advisor to the president of the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol), Alejandro Dominguez.
From the FA they requested that the president of the Republic, Luis Lacalle Poureturn immediately from your tour of USAwhere he traveled to be part of the first summit of the Alliance for Economic Prosperity in the Americas (APEP).
Leaders of the Frente Amplio asked for “immediate” dismissals due to the Marset case
The president of the FA, Fernando Pereiraexpressed that “it is sad” what is happening in Uruguay, and that the events linked to the Foreign Ministry and the Ministry of the Interior are “of enormous seriousness.” “This circumstance warrants immediate dismissals,” he remarked.
Along the same lines, the Frente Amplista senator Mario BergaraHe asked Lacalle Pou that he dismisses the leadership of both ministries, and that the government leaves aside a series of “concealments and lies.”
He is also a senator José Carlos Mahía He told the press that the president “does not have to shake his hand and has to assume the responsibility of the position he occupies” to dismiss the leaders.
In turn, the senator Silvia Nane He went further and targeted the head of state directly, maintaining that it is “impossible” that he did not know what was happening around the Marset case.
Source: Ambito
