The chancellor, Omar Paganini, called the ambassador of Uruguay in Argentina, Carlos Encisoto draw your attention to the participation of the diplomat in the command of the electoral campaign of the presidential candidate for the National Party, Alvaro Delgado.
The call for attention could lead to an observation to the ambassador, as confirmed by Subrayado through official sources, because it is not the first party political meeting in which Enciso participates.
Last week, the Frente Amplio had demanded the resignation of the diplomat since “he cannot engage in partisan politics.” With this, 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.
Possible request for reports regarding Enciso’s background
It is believed that the FA could submit 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.”
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 Civil Servant. Foreign Service of the Republic, which has been 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
