President Luis Lacalle Pou will return today to Uruguay and, for the first time, he will have to face the scandal face to face marset which already led to the resignation of the chancellor Francisco Bustillo and, possibly, imply more changes in the government cabinet. Meanwhile, in the official ranks they await the meeting that the president called with the leaders of the Multicolor Coalition and of Wide Front for 17.
The day the scandal broke out after the former vice chancellor’s statements to the Prosecutor’s Office Carolina Ache, There were many who demanded the appearance of the president. Whether in person, with a very early return from his trip to USA; or with some clear message that would calm the visibly troubled waters of the government.
Neither of the two things happened—beyond some urgent movements in the Chancellery coordinated with the president in office Beatriz Argimón—, and it was not until yesterday that he finally called the meeting at the residence of Suarez and Reyes. Given this first certainty, the whites decided to put the situation on standby until the effective return of Lacalle Pou.
Heber remains silent as he waits on the tightrope
An official who, most agree, has his hours numbered is the Minister of the Interior Luis Alberto Heber. Although he would not be directly involved in the scandal of the delivery of the passport to the drug trafficker Sebastian Marset —although for Town meeting, is responsible for “action or omission”—the political capital of the leader has been eroding for some time and this would be the final blow.
He has not commented on the case, taking refuge in the fact that, as an investigator in the case that is confidential, he cannot comment. However, he clarified that “politically I’m going to wait for the president to come of the Republic to speak with him”.
From the National Party They understand that if the president does not stop him, the Wide Front will advance with a motion of censure in Parliament after the interpellation scheduled for November 14; so the image of the still minister would be affected in a greater way.
Manini Ríos awaits explanations
For his part, the leader of Cabildo Abierto, Guido Manini Ríos, He assured that first they will listen to what Lacalle Pou has to say about the Marset scandal “and then we will say what we think.” The consensus in the party is that they hope the explanations are “satisfactory.”
For the senator, “this crisis is significant and the presence of the president is important.” “It is a political crisis, It cost a chancellor the resignation and will probably be followed by other removals. I wouldn’t talk about an institutional crisis because water still needs to flow under the bridge, we have to see how this situation is processed,” he said.
Manini Ríos had stated that he believed that the advisor Roberto Lafluf, involved in the case for Ache, he acted according to the president’s orders; He being the first to suggest the direct involvement of the president in the controversy being investigated by justice. “There has to have been some kind of coordination or information, that’s what you think at first,” he said.
Source: Ambito
