President Luis Lacalle Pou called this Saturday at 5 p.m. for a meeting with the leaders of the Multicolor Coalition to define the steps to follow in the midst of the scandal and political crisis that caused the delivery of the passport to Uruguayan drug trafficker Sebastián Marset.
The president will return that same day around 3 p.m. from USA, where he was received by his peer Joe Biden in the White House to participate in the inaugural summit of Leaders of the Alliance of the Americas for Economic Prosperity (APEP).
It is expected that Lacalle Pou first meet with the vice president Beatriz Argimon and the Secretary of the PresidencyÁlvaro Delgado, and then finalize the meeting with leaders, which will take place at 5 p.m. at the Residence of Suárez and Reyes, in which it is expected that she will inform the rest of the leaders of the ruling party about the measures that she will promote after the dissemination of audios by the former vice chancellor Carolina Ache which led last Wednesday to the resignation of the now former chancellor Francisco Bustillo.
One of the possible decisions could be to anoint Carlos Enciso, today ambassador in Argentina, as the new chancellor, after the interim appointment of Diego Escuder in front of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, leader who was also mentioned by ache in the meeting where he was allegedly asked to hide chats from WhatsApp or that he “loses his cell phone” in the context of the case that investigates the delivery of the passport to Marset.
Another possible point of the meeting will be the situation of the president’s advisor, Roberto Lafluf, who was also named by the former vice chancellor as one of those who asked her to delete messages. During these hours, the leader traveled to Brazil, in the middle of the Copa Libertadores final between Boca Juniors and Fluminense.
After that meeting, the head of state plans to receive the president of the Wide Front, Fernando Pereira, around 6:30 p.m., to talk with the opposition leader about the scandal that broke out.
Manini Ríos even suggested the involvement of the president
The irregular situation generated references of all kinds and, beyond the rain of opposition criticism, perhaps the strongest definition in the ruling party came from the leader of Open Town Hall, Guido Manini Ríos, who maintained that “clearly Mr. Lafluf “did not act on his own account,” in dialogue with the Desayunos Informales program, alluding to a possible implication of Lacalle Pou.
The lobbyist senator was consulted about a possible presidential order and stated: “Yes. I am convinced”. Manini Rios He also questioned the delay in the return from USA and stated: “As members of the coalition we deserve clear explanations.” “If this case is not clarified well, it will make us all think that drug trafficking is permeating the political system,” he stated.
How did the rest of the coalition take the scandal?
Meanwhile, since Colorado Party They considered that the situation is “very serious”, as indicated by the Minister of Tourism and pre-candidate, Tabare Viera, who stated that “there are political responsibilities that must be assumed by those who have been exposed,” beyond what happened with Bustillo.
From the Independent Party, the Minister of Labor and Social Security (MTSS), Pablo Mieresagreed that “the facts that became known are very serious” and stated: “This warrants immediate measures linked to those who acted outside the legal framework.”
Meanwhile, the National Party He did not hide his anger at what they considered the lie that “they did not know who he was.” “Marset” at the time of issuing the passport. The senator Jorge Gandini He was one of those who echoed it and on his social networks he published: “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.”
Source: Ambito
