The heads of the MTOP and the MSP, José Luis Falero and Karina Rando, will go through Parliament to render accounts and report on possible cases of corruption.
The minister of Transportation and Public Works (MTOP), José Luis Faleroand the owner of the Ministry of Public Health (MSP), Karina Randowill be summoned to Parliament by legislators from the coalition itself to give explanations about irregularities in public companies of Uruguay.
2023 had several scandals within the government, but some others went more unnoticed given the magnitude of the best known, such as the cases Astesian and Marset. However, the coalition legislators do not want to overlook some facts that, perhaps, escaped the gaze of the general public but that deserve their due attention.
These are, on the one hand, the irregularities in AFE —together with the amount paid by the Central Railway—; and, on the other, the costs of the transfers that the company previously contracted. Administration of State Health Services (ASSE).
The objective of this initiative by the official legislators is to change the strategy and go on the offensive, according to what they told Telemundo. “For now, we are going to show management. But we also want to have updated information on many issues that generated noise at the time, that generated the presumption of corruption and irregularities,” said the nationalist deputy. Alfonso Lereté.
In an election year, it also allows for greater control over the political agenda and, in turn, give the image of a transparent government, that he deals with—especially after a year with more scandals than many of the authorities would have preferred.
What will the call agenda be like?
Firstly, Minister Falero will be summoned to report on the works carried out and committed – the strong workhorse to aim for the re-election of the Multicolor Coalition—; but also to ask him about AFE and the work of the Central Railway.
“How much are Uruguayans really going to pay for this investment. Because a lot of water passed under the bridge. We talk about expropriations of registers, addendums, understandings, many things that happened and we still do not know how much Uruguayans are going to pay for the Central Railway,” Lereté pointed out.
Then it is planned to convene ASSE to discuss the costs of contracted ambulances. “Every ambulance transfer in the governments of the Broad Front, especially the last one, the cost per transfer was 88,000 pesos. And in the coalition governments it was lowered on average to 10,700 pesos. “We want to know what happened in that long chain and where the money went,” added the legislator.
In addition, it is also being analyzed to convene the Minister of Work and Social Security (MTSS), Pablo Mieres.
Source: Ambito
