The president confirmed that he is in favor of the decision of the board of directors of the state company, which will present the appeal to Justice.
President Luis Lacalle Pou He assured that he considers it necessary to “exhaust the judicial avenue”, after the request for re-examination of the case was formalized by Antel Arena, formalized today by the board of directors of the state company and anticipated by Ambit days ago.
“Antel made an evaluation regarding taking the option of continuing, as procedurally allows, in a judicial manner. My opinion was requested and I, who do not decide, gave my affirmative opinion,” he said. Lacalle Pou When asked at a press conference in Thirty-three by the request after the filing of the case by the Economic Crimes Prosecutor, Alejandro Machado.
The president maintained that “if that was a possibility, I believe that the avenue must be exhausted,” in reference to the judicial aspect. In any case, he avoided giving legal arguments for the request by pointing out that “that is up to those who write the elements from the point of view.” legal”, while he stressed that later there will be “the assessment of the prosecutor and justice.”
In this way, the head of state supported the decision of the president of Antel, Annabela Suburú, taken based on a legal report from the lawyer Gustavo Bordes, based on “a technical observation” to continue the process.
The reexamination will be presented in the coming days
The directory of Antel has already decided to present the document before the Justice, although you must do it in the short term, because the final deadline to request the reexamination is next Monday, April 1.
If this initiative succeeds, another prosecutor could evaluate the case and lean towards a criminal charge against the mayor of Montevideo in use of license, Carolina Cosse, who described the cause as “a political operation.”
Specifically, prosecutor Machado in his opinion admitted the existence of “administrative sloppiness,” but clarified that there was no crime regarding the investment and construction process of the Antel Arena.
Source: Ambito
