President Luis Lacalle Pou will return on Saturday Uruguay of his trip to USA and, until then, there are no planned changes in the current political scenario or statements about the scandal that was unleashed after the release of the audios regarding the Marset case, despite the insistence of our own and others. Meanwhile, the Minister of the Interior, Luis Alberto Heberhe is left without support and his hours are numbered in a position that is already burdened with too much wear and tear.
That the resignation of the now former chancellor be accepted Francisco Bustillo, that the colorado be ratified Nicolas Albertoni as second in the portfolio and that Diego Escuder —despite his apparent involvement in the controversy that the leadership of at least two nationalist ministries would wear—to be interim chancellor were the decisions made by Lacalle Pou from the United States, and that the current president Beatriz Argimon got going quickly.
But what will happen to Heber, on the one hand, and with Guillermo Maciel —undersecretary of the Interior— and Roberto Lafluf —presidential advisor—, the president will decide or communicate it personally on Uruguayan soil, when he returns on Saturday in the early afternoon.
This position disappoints all sides: on the one hand, the Wide Front and Town meeting They had demanded his immediate return so that he could give explanations and take the reins of what could be the worst institutional crisis of this government; something that was quickly dismissed by Presidency.
But, on the other hand, it also has little taste for the whites, who understand that the president’s word is necessary to calm the waters and maintain confidence in the institutions, especially after the statements of Guido Manini Ríoswhich opened the door to thinking about the very implication of Lacalle Pou.
Heber, on the tightrope
Minister Heber is another point why the nationalists eagerly await the return of Lacalle Pou, and even expect an early determination. Because, regardless of the fact that the head of the Interior is not directly involved in the complaints of the former vice chancellor Carolina Ache —as if Bustillo, Maciel and Lafluf are— their political capital is practically exhausted and faces a motion of censure by the Frente Amplio that would be supported by the lobbyists.
This is because the opposition managed to get it approved in the Parliament —ironically, almost at the same time that Ache exploded the bomb inside the government with his statements in the Prosecutor’s Office—the call to interpellation of Heber for November 14. Although the original reason was to provide explanations about possible irregularities in the case involving Gustavo Penadés, The events of recent days led the left coalition to draft a broader call motion that also includes the Marset and Astesiano cases.
With Manini Ríos’ public statements about the need for the entire “political leadership” of the Interior to step aside due to their responsibility in the scandal, whether by “action or omission”, whites and Colorados find it difficult to count on the votes of Cabildo Abierto, and they understand that the motion of censure for Heber will be inevitable. He support for the minister is no longer even found among the nationalist ranks, where discontent over the silence of the president in the face of the crisis.
However, since National Party They still want to protect one of the most important leaders in the sector and, to do so, they understand that it is necessary for Lacalle Pou to dismiss him in the coming days. This would deactivate the interpellation and, although no one says it in full words, it would help put aside the suspicions that Manini Ríos put on the table regarding the president’s involvement in the events that led to the scandal.
Source: Ambito
