Carlos Enciso participated in the National Party meeting and the opposition accuses him of having engaged in “partisan politics”, something prohibited by law.
He Wide Front demanded the resignation of ambassador to Argentina, Carlos Enciso, stating that “he cannot engage in partisan politics,” after it emerged that the diplomat participated in a meeting between the sectors that support the pre-candidacy of Alvaro Delgado inside of the National Party facing the elections 2024.
The leader himself admitted to El País that “he spent some time saying hello” at the meeting, something that aroused criticism from the FA. For example, the senator Daniel Caggiani He accused him of “confusing the Nation with the Party and sullying the professionalism of our foreign service.” In addition, he revealed that the opposition will bring up the issue when the chancellor Omar Paganini go to Parliament.
In the same line, caggiani He maintained that “if he wants to do partisan and electoral politics, he should resign from his position,” while considering that “he has been on leave for a long time and should not continue in his position because of these things,” alluding to other similar activities.
It is even believed that the FA could present a request for reports to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MRREE). In this regard, the senator Jose Mahia He insisted that “ambassadors are prohibited from engaging in partisan politics, without exceptions,” so he asked the Chancellery “act now and apply the law.”
Meanwhile, the ruling party avoided the topic for the moment and, when consulted at a press conference, the Minister of National Defense, Javier García, He simply responded that he was not going to give an opinion. “I don’t get involved in responsibilities of other ministries,” she stressed.
The background of Ambassador Carlos Enciso
Enciso, former mayor of Florida, He has at least two other controversial antecedents that the FA questions. One was having participated in activities linked to the referendum for Urgent Consideration Law (LUC) and another last year, when he said that if the coalition loses the elections 2024, there could be a brake on investments.
At that time, the then chancellor Francisco Bustillo He reprimanded him by pointing out that “his statements cannot be repeated,” but the scandal came to nothing, beyond the fact that the opposition assured that the statements contradicted the law of the Statute of the Official of the Foreign Service of the Republic, which is in force. since December 2019 and indicates that diplomatic personnel “are at the service of the Nation, completely independent of people, groups or parties.”
According to the norm, the diplomat “must perform impartially and respect the values of probity, reserve, decorum and dignity in the performance of his duties.”
Source: Ambito
