The former president referred to the lack of clarity with which Executive officials acted after issuing the document to Marset.
The two-time former president of the Republic, Julio María Sanguinettiquestioned the behavior of the government leaders, who resigned in the last hours, after handing over the passport to the drug trafficker. Sebastian Marsetwhen he was imprisoned in Dubai (United Arab Emirates)in the year 2021.
The former head of state and current secretary general of the Colorado Party (PC) He pointed out this Sunday at a press conference that, although he rules out irregular actions, “the ministries did not act clearly,” but rather “acted with discrepancies.”
The historic Colorado reference said that not even the former chancellor Francisco Bustillonor the former vice chancellor Carolina Ache were able to correctly coordinate how to handle the issue from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MRREE) with the Ministry of Interiorthen headed by former minister Luis Alberto Heberand the former undersecretary, Guillermo Maciel.
Sanguinetti: “They did not want to hide a lawful fact”
Sanguinettiinsisted that despite the attempt to overshadow the chats where they warned of the danger of granting a passport to Sebastian Marset Due to his background as a drug trafficker, “they did not want to hide a fact that was based on a lawful fact,” in reference to the defense made by the government regarding the delivery of the document, which, they affirm, was done “by law.”
“The political situation is generated by that, by discrepancies within the government of the actors in their respective positions on what they had done or had not done,” remarked the Colorado.
Regarding the role as mediator between the ministries to resolve what to do with the conversations of the president’s trusted advisor, Roberto Laflufwho also resigned after the scandal, the former president limited himself to saying that he sought to “harmonize” the positions of the leaders so that they reach an agreement.
“In the political field this has been resolved with the resignation of those involved,” and “that is what the opposition asked for, so from that point of view they cannot complain,” said the veteran politician.
Source: Ambito
