The main leaders of the Colorado Party (PC) supported the president’s statements Luis Lacalle Pou after the scandal over the scandal of the delivery of a passport to the drug trafficker Sebastian Marset in 2021, which will lead in the last hours to the resignations of several government officials.
After last Thursday Francisco Bustillo will leave the ownership of Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MRREE)Yesterday the president also accepted the resignations of Luis Alberto Heber and of Guillermo Macielas Minister of the Interior and Undersecretary of the Interior, respectively, and as presidential advisor on communications, Roberto Lafluf.
After the press conference held yesterday by Lacalle Pouthe presidential candidates of the PC came out to support the actions of the Executive Branch.
Robert Silva: “A difficult political situation”
Former President of the Central Board of Directors (they code) of the National Administration of Public Education (ANEP)and pre-candidate for the Ciudadanos sector, Robert Silvastated that he shares the president’s decisions and that in the face of “a difficult political situation, Lacalle (Pou) made political decisions,” according to Telemundo.
Likewise, he pointed out that “the important thing about a democratic and republican system is that the institutions function fully,” and that citizens have “the guarantee that Justice will be the one that will address the situation.”
Silva He maintained that, like what the head of state expressed, he shares the vision that “the institutions are fully in force” in the Uruguayand that if they were not in force, these resignations would not have been given.
Along the same lines and through his X account (formerly Twitter), the former president of Antel and also presidential candidate for the PC, Gabriel Gurmendez, said that from the Presidency “political responsibilities were assumed” and “acted firmly.” “Whoever it was. The country first,” she pointed out.
For his part, the lawyer Guzmán Acosta y Laraanother of the confirmed candidates, stated on the same social network that the press conference “was what he expected from the president,” and that the changes in the cabinet are good and “to function better.”
He, also a pre-candidate and deputy, Gustavo Zubia, said that the president “used the knife” when removing the ministers and that he did it in a good way. In turn, he demanded that he have the same firmness when it comes to combating insecurity.
Source: Ambito
